new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e -x
+
+for i in DBD MonetDB-CLI/MonetDB MonetDB-CLI-MapiPP/MonetDB/CLI
+do
+	(
+		cd $i
+		perl Makefile.PL
+		make
+	)
+done

new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+DBPATH="$PWD"/DB
+
+
+set -e -x
+
+# Start the mserver
+rm -rf "$DBPATH"
+mkdir "$DBPATH"
+mserver5 --dbpath="$DBPATH/perltestdb" >"$DBPATH/mserver5.log" 2>&1 &
+pid=$!
+trap "kill -9 $pid 2>/dev/null" EXIT
+
+
+# After a few seconds, check if it's still running
+sleep 3
+if ! kill -0 $pid 2>/dev/null; then
+	echo "MSERVER STOPPED EARLY"
+	cat "$DBPATH/mserver5.log"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+export DBI_DSN=dbi:monetdb:database=perltestdb
+export PERL5LIB=$PWD/MonetDB-CLI-MapiPP:$PWD/MonetDB-CLI:$PWD
+
+make -C DBD test
+:
+make -C MonetDB-CLI/MonetDB test
+:
+make -C MonetDB-CLI-MapiPP/MonetDB/CLI test
+: