diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a93bba..2628599 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 _build/
 _opam/
+_dist/
 *.install
diff --git a/deploy/_build.sh b/deploy/_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..badedfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export OPAMROOTISOK=1
+
+opam init --disable-sandboxing --no-setup
+
+eval $(opam env)
+
+opam pin add ./talircd --kind=path --no-action --yes
+opam install talircd --destdir=dist
+
+
+#opam install talircd --destdir=dist --yes
diff --git a/deploy/build.sh b/deploy/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..14474f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+MACHINE=${MACHINE:-talircd-build}
+PROJECT_ROOT=${PROJECT_ROOT:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)}
+DIST_DIR=${DIST_DIR:-${PROJECT_ROOT}/_dist}
+
+set -x
+
+mkdir -p "${DIST_DIR}"
+
+sudo systemd-nspawn -q \
+     --machine ${MACHINE} \
+     --bind-ro ${PROJECT_ROOT}:/root/talircd \
+     --bind ${DIST_DIR}:/root/dist \
+     --chdir /root \
+     /root/talircd/deploy/_run.sh
diff --git a/deploy/deploy.sh b/deploy/deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..284f3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+MACHINE=${MACHINE:-talircd-build}
+MACHINE_PATH=/var/lib/machines/${MACHINE}
+PROJECT_ROOT=${PROJECT_ROOT:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)}
+DIST_DIR=${DIST_DIR:-${PROJECT_ROOT}/_dist}
+
+CODENAME=bullseye
+MIRROR=${MIRROR:-http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian/}
+
+COMMAND=${1:-build}
+
+set -x
+
+function init() {
+    # TODO: fakeroot ?
+
+    sudo debootstrap \
+         --include=ocaml-base,ocaml,opam,ca-certificates,git,rsync \
+         --components=main,contrib \
+         ${CODENAME} ${MACHINE_PATH} ${MIRROR}
+}
+
+function cleanall() {
+    sudo rm -rf ${MACHINE_PATH}
+}
+
+function clean() {
+    sudo systemd-nspawn -q \
+         --machine ${MACHINE} \
+         rm -rf /root/.opam
+}
+
+function build() {
+    sudo systemd-nspawn -q \
+         --machine ${MACHINE} \
+         --bind-ro ${PROJECT_ROOT}:/root/talircd \
+         --bind ${DIST_DIR}:/root/dist \
+         --chdir /root \
+         /root/talircd/deploy/_build.sh
+}
+
+case $1 in
+    init) init ;;
+    build) build ;;
+    clean) clean ;;
+    cleanall) cleanall ;;
+    *)
+      echo "$1"
+esac
+
+# mkdir -p "${DIST_DIR}"