diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c2914fc7..bf6a664db 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+bundles
 nsinit/nsinit
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c2c9a98d3..1a2e23e04 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ local:
 validate:
 	hack/validate.sh
 
+binary: all
+	docker run --rm --privileged -v $(CURDIR)/bundles:/go/bin dockercore/libcontainer make direct-install
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 984f2c523..6257f9c78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ container.Resume()
 It is able to spawn new containers or join existing containers.  A root
 filesystem must be provided for use along with a container configuration file.
 
+To build `nsinit`, run `make binary`. It will save the binary into
+`bundles/nsinit`.
+
 To use `nsinit`, cd into a Linux rootfs and copy a `container.json` file into 
 the directory with your specified configuration. Environment, networking, 
 and different capabilities for the container are specified in this file.