diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d20b64..b2cc354 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.pyc
+yomichan.zip
diff --git a/build_zip.sh b/build_zip.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..59116a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_zip.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+7z a yomichan.zip -xr\!\*.pyc yomichan.py yomi_base