diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e2b07af8..b7f4cca6d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -500,6 +500,12 @@ configure_file(
 add_custom_target(uninstall
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake)
 
+########################################################################
+# Create optional target to build osmo-gsm-tester trial
+########################################################################
+add_custom_target(trial
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build_trial.sh)
+
 ########################################################################
 # Add -fPIC property to all targets
 ########################################################################
@@ -560,4 +566,4 @@ else(ENABLE_SRSEPC)
   message(STATUS "srsEPC build disabled")
 endif(ENABLE_SRSEPC)
 
-add_subdirectory(test)
\ No newline at end of file
+add_subdirectory(test)
diff --git a/build_trial.sh b/build_trial.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..876f1197e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_trial.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+rm -rf sysroot && mkdir sysroot
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="sysroot/" ../
+make install
+this="$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H_%M_%S)"
+trialdir="srslte_trial_${this}"
+tar="srslte.build-${this}.tgz"
+mkdir ${trialdir}
+tar czf "${trialdir}/$tar" -C "sysroot" .
+md5sum "${trialdir}/$tar" >>${trialdir}/checksums.md5
+
+echo "Built ${trialdir}"
+