diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9d7a79ddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+TARGET=$1
+CONFIGURATION=$2
+NET_VERSION=$3
+
+[ -z $TARGET ] && TARGET=Rebuild
+[ -z $CONFIGURATION ] && CONFIGURATION=Release
+[ -z $NET_VERSION ] && NET_VERSION=v3.5
+
+BUILD_CMD="xbuild QuickFIXn.sln /t:${TARGET} /p:Configuration=${CONFIGURATION};TargetFrameworkVersion=${NET_VERSION}"
+echo "Build command: $BUILD_CMD"
+exec $BUILD_CMD
diff --git a/unit_test.sh b/unit_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7b7ba2387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unit_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#  Arguments will be passed to nunit-console, so you can do things like:
+#    ./unit_test.sh -run=UnitTests.SessionScheduleTests
+#
+
+RESULT=0
+
+set +e
+
+pushd UnitTests/bin/Release/
+	rm -rf TestResult.xml UnitTests.html
+	nunit-console UnitTests.dll $@
+	RESULT=$?
+	xsltproc -o UnitTests.html ../../nunit.xsl TestResult.xml
+popd
+
+exit $RESULT
+