diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd531cf..41bcb1e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ Module.symvers
 Mkfile.old
 dkms.conf
 
+# Build folder
+build/
+
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3a892aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+set -xe
+
+CC="gcc"
+FLAGS="-Wall -Wpedantic"
+SRCS="cdo.c"
+CURRENT_DIR="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+BUILD_DIR="${CURRENT_DIR}/build"
+
+mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}
+
+${CC} ${FLAGS} -o ${BUILD_DIR}/cdo ${SRCS}
diff --git a/cdo.c b/cdo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faf0653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  printf("Welcome to %s!", argv[0]);
+  return 0;
+}