diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu
+# After installing the prerequisite we clear out sources.list so that
+# 'apt-get update' doesn't do anything.
+RUN sh -c 'apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends build-essential git ca-certificates golang docker.io mercurial libpcap-dev curl make pkg-config gcc bison flex && echo >/etc/apt/sources.list'
+COPY build.sh /
+ENTRYPOINT ["sh", "/build.sh"]
diff --git a/build/build.sh b/build/build.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+GOPATH=/home/go
+export GOPATH
+
+WEAVE_SRC=$GOPATH/src/github.com/zettio/weave
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
+    # No arguments.  Expect that the weave repo will be bind-mounted
+    # into $GOPATH
+    if ! [ -e $WEAVE_SRC ] ; then
+        cat 2>&1 <<EOF
+No container arguments supplied, and nothing at ${WEAVE_SRC}.  Please
+either bind-mount the golang workspace containing weave with the
+docker run -v option, e.g.:
+
+    $ docker run -v <host gopath>:${GOPATH} \\
+          -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock zettio/weave-build
+
+Or supply git clone arguments to retrieve it, e.g.:
+
+    $ docker run -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \\
+          zettio/weave-build https://github.com/zettio/weave.git
+EOF
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # If we run make directly, any files created on the bind mount
+    # will have awkward ownership.  So we switch to a user with the
+    # same user and group IDs as source directory.  We have to set a
+    # few things up so that sudo works without complaining later on.
+    uid=$(stat --format="%u" $WEAVE_SRC)
+    gid=$(stat --format="%g" $WEAVE_SRC)
+    echo "weave:x:$uid:$gid::$WEAVE_SRC:/bin/sh" >>/etc/passwd
+    echo "weave:*:::::::" >>/etc/shadow
+    echo "weave	ALL=(ALL)	NOPASSWD: ALL" >>/etc/sudoers
+    su weave -c "make -C $WEAVE_SRC build"
+else
+    # There are arguments to pass to git-clone
+    mkdir -p ${WEAVE_SRC%/*}
+    git clone "$@" $WEAVE_SRC
+    make -C $WEAVE_SRC build
+fi