diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e6314a1..fef8f7d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 .debhelper
-
-examples
-lib
-src
+/asix*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83b1816..3694f2a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 Maintainer
 ----------
 
-Download asix in the parent directory.
+To build the package, download the asix sources in the root directory of this repository, and rename the file.
 
 ```bash
-mv asix.tgz asix-0.1.4.orig.tar.gz
-cd asix-deb
-debuild -us -uc
+mv asix.tgz asix_0.1.4.orig.tar.gz
+./build-package.sh
 ```
 
 Compile against another distribution
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ Compile against another distribution
 
 ```bash
 mk-sbuild --arch=amd64 --name=bionic bionic
-debuild -S
-sbuild -A -d bionic-amd64 ../asix_0.1.4-1.dsc
+./build-package.sh setup
+cd asix
+sbuild -d bionic-amd64
 ```
diff --git a/build-package.sh b/build-package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..372abe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+declare -r VERSION='0.1.4-1'
+declare -r ORIG_VERSION='0.1.4'
+declare -r ORIG_FILE="asix_$ORIG_VERSION.orig.tar.gz"
+
+if [[ ! -r $ORIG_FILE ]]; then
+  echo "Cannot source file $ORIG_FILE!" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+rm -rf asix
+tar xf $ORIG_FILE
+cp -r debian asix/debian
+cd asix
+
+if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
+  debuild -us -uc
+else
+  echo 'Created working directory'
+fi
+
diff --git a/clean.sh b/clean.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..61733c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clean.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+rm -rf asix*