diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3f213bf..a6212c2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 .tox
 doc/build
+
+libvirtd_exporter
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 134a961..685b016 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 FROM golang:1.13.5 AS builder
 WORKDIR /go/src/app
-COPY . .
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get -y install libvirt-dev && \
     apt-get clean all
+COPY . .
 RUN go build
 
 FROM golang:1.13.5
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0a9b182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Small script to build libvirtd-exporter using docker and export the resulting binary
+
+set -e
+docker build -t libvirtd-exporter .
+
+# Start container with result
+docker run  --entrypoint sh -itd --name libvirtd-exporter libvirtd-exporter
+
+# Extract build atifact to host
+docker cp libvirtd-exporter:/libvirtd_exporter .
+
+docker stop libvirtd-exporter
+docker rm -f libvirtd-exporter