diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6c11e2..d392187 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 # Folders
 _obj
 _test
+build
+.DS_Store
 
 # Architecture specific extensions/prefixes
 *.[568vq]
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..db6fe34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This assumes that gonative and gox is installed as per the 'one time setup' instructions
+# at https://github.com/inconshreveable/gonative
+
+gox -output="build/{{.Dir}}_{{.OS}}_{{.Arch}}"
+