diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7004ae2..c91f2ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ Executing `make build` will compile to `./build/yk`. Additionally, distribution
 ### Note on distribution builds
 
 Currently cross compiling is not working correctly.
+
+### Building for linux distros
+
+This is a work in progress, but it can be done by running `./build_linux.sh [golang|ubuntu]`.
diff --git a/build_linux.sh b/build_linux.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..00e9826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_linux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# Use first arg as docker image to build inside of (ubuntu or golang)
+if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+    docker run --rm -it --workdir /src -v "$(pwd):/src" "$1" ./build_linux.sh
+fi
+
+set -x
+
+apt-get update
+
+# For ubuntu
+# apt-get install wget
+if ! command -v go; then
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends make golang git ca-certificates
+    mkdir /go
+    export GOPATH=/go
+    export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH
+fi
+
+# For ubuntu and golang
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libpcsclite-dev # gnome-keyring
+
+make dist/yk-linux-amd64