diff --git a/docker/scripts/build-trusty.sh b/docker/scripts/build-trusty.sh
index b9be3ba..4a44576 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/build-trusty.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/build-trusty.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 BASENAME=$(dirname $(readlink -m $0))
 
-## the distro we are going to use
 ## the distro we are going to use
 DISTNAME=trusty
 REPOSRC=http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
diff --git a/docker/scripts/create-trusty-kbuilder.sh b/docker/scripts/create-trusty-kbuilder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..655731b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/scripts/create-trusty-kbuilder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+BASENAME=$(dirname $(readlink -m $0))
+
+cd $BASENAME/../trusty-kbuilder || exit $?
+
+if [ ! -f authorized_keys ]; then
+	echo "No authorized_keys file found in $PWD"
+	if [ -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ]; then
+		echo "Do you want to use ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub? (y/n)"
+		read -r ANSWER
+		if [[ "$ANSWER" == "y" ]]; then
+			cp -v ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub authorized_keys || exit $?
+		else
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	else
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+##NOTE: can leave behind a running container of gitian-host
+docker build --tag=gdm85/trusty-kbuilder . && \
+echo "Ubuntu Trusty kernel builder image created successfully!" && \
+echo "You can now spawn containers with:" && \
+echo "docker run -d gdm85/trusty-kbuilder"