diff --git a/build_tarball.sh b/build_tarball.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Simple bash script for building binaries for all relevant platforms
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $0)
+cd ${SCRIPT_DIR}
+
+# Build
+declare -a TARGETS=(darwin linux solaris freebsd)
+for target in ${TARGETS[@]} ; do
+  output="prometheus-zfs-${target}"
+  echo "Building for ${target}, output bin/${output}"
+  GOOS=${target}
+  GOARCH=amd64
+  go build -o bin/${output}
+done
+
+# Create a tar-ball for release
+DIR_NAME=${PWD##*/} # name of current directory, presumably prometheus-zfs
+VERSION=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags 2> /dev/null)
+if [ "$?" -ne 0 ] ; then
+    # No tag, use commit hash
+    HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+    VERSION=${HASH:0:7}
+fi
+
+cd ../
+TARBALL="prometheus-zfs-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+tar -cf ${TARBALL} --exclude=.git -vz ${DIR_NAME}
+echo "Created: ${PWD}/${TARBALL}"