diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad90636..ceac748 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ _testmain.go
 *.test
 *.prof
 
+/loop-debug
+/loopd-debug
+
 output*.log
 
 loop
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cb7729c..508ff0b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ sudo: required
 
 script:
   - export GO111MODULE=on
-  - make lint unit
+  - make lint unit build
 
 after_script:
   - echo "Uploading to termbin.com..." && find *.log | xargs -I{} sh -c "cat {} | nc termbin.com 9999 | xargs -r0 printf '{} uploaded to %s'"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 874282c..68d6b55 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ PKG := github.com/lightninglabs/loop
 GOTEST := GO111MODULE=on go test -v
 
 GO_BIN := ${GOPATH}/bin
+GOBUILD := GO111MODULE=on go build -v
+GOINSTALL := GO111MODULE=on go install -v
+
+COMMIT := $(shell git describe --abbrev=40 --dirty)
+LDFLAGS := -ldflags "-X $(PKG)/build.Commit=$(COMMIT)"
 
 GOFILES_NOVENDOR = $(shell find . -type f -name '*.go' -not -path "./vendor/*")
 GOLIST := go list $(PKG)/... | grep -v '/vendor/'
@@ -33,4 +38,18 @@ fmt:
 
 lint: $(LINT_BIN)
 	@$(call print, "Linting source.")
-	$(LINT)
\ No newline at end of file
+	$(LINT)
+
+# ============
+# INSTALLATION
+# ============
+
+build:
+	@$(call print, "Building debug loop and loopd.")
+	$(GOBUILD) -o loop-debug $(LDFLAGS) $(PKG)/cmd/loop
+	$(GOBUILD) -o loopd-debug $(LDFLAGS) $(PKG)/cmd/loopd
+
+install:
+	@$(call print, "Installing loop and loopd.")
+	$(GOINSTALL) $(LDFLAGS) $(PKG)/cmd/loop
+	$(GOINSTALL) $(LDFLAGS) $(PKG)/cmd/loopd