diff --git a/dev-bootstrap.sh b/dev-bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd $(dirname $0)
+
+autoreconf -vfi
+CFLAGS="-Wall -g -ggdb" LDFLAGS="-Wl,--as-needed" ./configure --prefix="${HOME}"