diff --git a/make-deps.sh b/make-deps.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/make-deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+NDN_CXX_COMMIT=${NDN_CXX_COMMIT:-master}
+NFD_COMMIT=${NFD_COMMIT:-master}
+
+GIT=${GIT:-https://github.com/named-data}
+
+mkdir build 2>/dev/null || true
+path="$(pwd)"
+
+#######################################
+
+# rm -Rf build/ndn-cxx
+git clone ${GIT}/ndn-cxx build/ndn-cxx
+pushd build/ndn-cxx
+git checkout ${NDN_CXX_COMMIT}
+./waf configure --prefix="${path}/build/deps"
+./waf build
+./waf install
+popd
+
+####################################
+
+# rm -Rf build/NFD
+git clone ${GIT}/NFD build/NFD
+pushd build/NFD
+git checkout ${NFD_COMMIT}
+git submodule update --init
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${path}/build/deps/lib/pkgconfig:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" \
+               ./waf configure --prefix="${path}/build/deps"
+./waf build
+./waf install
+popd