diff --git a/scripts/build_monado.sh b/scripts/build_monado.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# exit on error
+# echo commands
+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 "$REPO_DIR"
+fi
+
+cd "$REPO_DIR"
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+make clean
+make -j$(nproc)