diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b2b807b268aacc4e75c5f66acd36a98a76ba2b8b..994be33f9ade64948cf9716a9b89d7a9e445936c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ binarycpython_snippets
 reports/
 docs/examples/
 custom_logging.dwo
-install.sh
 
 # Standard template
 *.org~
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b81adec9d44fd049d1fa0974e440ccc271e9dc3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Script to install binarycpython in the current venv
+
+VERSION_NUMBER=$(cat "VERSION")
+echo "installing binarcpython version $VERSION_NUMBER"
+
+python setup.py clean
+pip uninstall binarycpython
+python setup.py build --force
+python setup.py sdist
+pip install -v dist/binarycpython-$VERSION_NUMBER.tar.gz