diff --git a/scripts/_clone_or_pull.sh b/scripts/_clone_or_pull.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c2aedee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/_clone_or_pull.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# exit on error
+# echo commands
+set -ev
+
+GIT_URL=$1
+REPO_DIR=$2
+
+_usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $0 GIT_URL REPO_DIR"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+if [[ -z $REPO_DIR ]]; then
+    _usage
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $GIT_URL ]]; then
+    _usage
+fi
+
+if [[ -d "$REPO_DIR" ]]; then
+    if [[ ! -d "$REPO_DIR/.git" ]]; then
+        echo "Error: $REPO_DIR exists but is not a git repository"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    git -C "$REPO_DIR" pull
+else
+    git clone "$GIT_URL" "$REPO_DIR"  --recurse-submodules
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/build_libsurvive.sh b/scripts/build_libsurvive.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c3a8776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_libsurvive.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ev
+
+REPO_DIR=$1
+
+"$(dirname -- "$0")/_clone_or_pull.sh" "https://github.com/cntools/libsurvive" "$REPO_DIR"
+
+cd "$REPO_DIR"
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_api_example=OFF -DCMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=YES -Wno-dev ..
+make clean
+make -j$(nproc)
diff --git a/scripts/build_monado.sh b/scripts/build_monado.sh
index a59bce7..55b73b9 100755
--- a/scripts/build_monado.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_monado.sh
@@ -6,20 +6,7 @@ set -ev
 
 REPO_DIR=$1
 
-if [[ -z $REPO_DIR ]]; then
-    echo "Usage: $0 MONADO_REPO_DIR"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ -d "$REPO_DIR" ]]; then
-    if [[ ! -d "$REPO_DIR/.git" ]]; then
-        echo "Error: $REPO_DIR exists but is not a git repository"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    git -C "$REPO_DIR" pull
-else
-    git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/monado/monado "$REPO_DIR"
-fi
+"$(dirname -- "$0")/_clone_or_pull.sh" "https://github.com/cntools/libsurvive" "$REPO_DIR"
 
 cd "$REPO_DIR"
 mkdir -p build