diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6f4dba5..e1f02e5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 /.idea/
 /.venv/
 /tmp/
+/dist/
+/requirements.txt  # generated during actions
diff --git a/build-files/jarklin.run b/build-files/jarklin.run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0258981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-files/jarklin.run
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+THIS=$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")
+PARENT=$(dirname "$THIS")
+PYTHON3=$(which python3)
+
+PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:$THIS/_deps/:$PARENT" "$PYTHON3" -X utf8 -BO -m jarklin "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/make-build.sh b/scripts/make-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7b1670b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/make-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+shopt -s nullglob  # dont return the glob-pattern if nothing found
+shopt -s globstar  # allow recursive globs
+cd "$(realpath "$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")/..")"
+
+if [ ! -f requirements.txt ]; then
+  echo "requirements.txt is missing"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# create clean dist directory
+mkdir -p "dist/"
+[ -d "dist/jarklin/" ] && rm -rf "dist/jarklin/"
+
+# copy source code
+echo "Copying code..."
+cp -Lr "src/jarklin/" "dist/jarklin/"
+cp README.md "dist/jarklin/"
+
+# cleanup of copied
+find dist/jarklin -type d -iname __pycache__ -prune -exec rm -rf "{}" \;
+
+# install dependencies into (new) copied source-code directory
+echo "Installing dependencies..."
+mkdir -p "dist/jarklin/_deps/"
+python3 -m pip install -r "requirements.txt" -t "dist/jarklin/_deps/" --no-compile --disable-pip-version-check
+dist_infos=$(find dist/jarklin/_deps/*.dist-info -maxdepth 0 -printf '%f\n')
+
+echo "Installing scripts and other files..."
+echo "Jarklin v$(./jarklin.sh --version | tr -d '\0') build
+Python: $(python3 -V | awk '{print $2}')
+pip:    $(pip3 --version | awk '{print $2}')
+Dependencies Installed:
+$(echo "$dist_infos" | sed 's/\.dist-info$//' | awk -F- '{print $1,$2}' | column -t | sed 's/^/ - /')
+OS Detail:
+$(sed 's/^/ /' /etc/os-release)
+" > "dist/jarklin/meta.info"
+
+cp build-files/jarklin.run dist/jarklin/jarklin
+chmod +x dist/jarklin/jarklin
+
+echo "Build successful"