diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b7755d..ff73750 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 # program output from databag-env
 *.env
 
-# go build output
-databag-envdump/databag-envdump
-build12/build12
-release12/release12
-docker-ssh-exec/docker-ssh-exec
-
 # goxc build output and local config
 pkg/
 *.goxc.local.json
diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dff0a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# runs goxc in each product directory
+set -e
+
+echo "Building static linux binary for docker-ssh-exec..."
+mkdir -p pkg
+buildcmd='CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -a --installsuffix cgo --ldflags="-s" -o pkg/docker-ssh-exec'
+docker run --rm -it -v "$GOPATH":/gopath -v "$(pwd)":/app -e "GOPATH=/gopath" \
+  -w /app golang:1.5 sh -c "$buildcmd"
+
+echo "Building docker image for docker-ssh-exec..."
+docker build --no-cache=true --tag mdsol/docker-ssh-exec .
+rm -f pkg/docker-ssh-exec
+
+echo "Done. To make a release, run: goxc"
+exit 0