diff --git a/scripts/aurbuild b/scripts/aurbuild
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..02346d8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/aurbuild
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+die() {
+	echo $*
+	exit 1
+}
+
+if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
+	echo "usage: aurbuild <package_name>"
+	echo
+	exit 1
+fi
+pkgname=$1
+[ -d $pkgname  ] && die "Directory '$pkgname' already exists"
+[ -f $pkgname  ] && die "File '$pkgname' already exists"
+
+echo "Downloading $pkgname.tar.gz"
+wget -q http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/$pkgname/$pkgname.tar.gz || die "Failed to fetch $1.pkg.tar.gz"
+
+tar zxf $pkgname.tar.gz || die "Extraction failed"
+rm -f $pkgname.tar.gz
+cd $pkgname || die "Failed to cwd"
+makepkg
+