diff --git a/bin/build_local.sh b/bin/build_local.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..74a2625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/build_local.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+pushd $(dirname "$0")/.. # run from root dir
+
+set -e
+
+go build -o target/pilgrim main.go
+
+popd # switch back to dir we started from
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diff --git a/bin/test_coverage.sh b/bin/test_coverage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a3035c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/test_coverage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+pushd $(dirname "$0")/.. # run from root dir
+
+set -e
+
+go build -cover -o target/pilgrim_coverage main.go
+
+chmod 777 ./target/pilgrim_coverage
+GOCOVERDIR=coverage ./target/pilgrim
+
+go tool covdata percent -i=coverage
+
+popd # switch back to dir we started from
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diff --git a/docs/SETUP.md b/docs/SETUP.md
index df50b86..01b8d0e 100644
--- a/docs/SETUP.md
+++ b/docs/SETUP.md
@@ -11,4 +11,10 @@ This will build a `pilgrim` binary in the `target` folder:
 
 ```bash
 $ go build -o target/pilgrim main.go
+```
+
+Alternatively, run the `build_local.sh` script provided in `bin`
+
+```bash
+$ ./bin/build_local.sh
 ```
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diff --git a/docs/TESTS.md b/docs/TESTS.md
index 54ad60c..27363eb 100644
--- a/docs/TESTS.md
+++ b/docs/TESTS.md
@@ -41,4 +41,10 @@ This will produce several files containing the coverage data. To turn this into
 a human-readable format, use the go coverage tool:
 ```bash
 $ go tool covdata percent -i=coverage
+```
+
+Alternatively, run the `test_coverage.sh` script inside the `bin` directory:
+
+```bash
+$ ./bin/test_coverage.sh
 ```
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