diff --git a/contrib/jenkins.sh b/contrib/jenkins.sh
index 79d6571..b2f49f5 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins.sh
@@ -2,70 +2,43 @@
 # jenkins build helper script for osmo-e1-hardware.  This is how we build on jenkins.osmocom.org
 #
 # environment variables:
-# * WITH_MANUALS: build manual PDFs if set to "1"
 # * PUBLISH: upload manuals after building if set to "1" (ignored without WITH_MANUALS = "1")
-
-if ! [ -x "$(command -v osmo-build-dep.sh)" ]; then
-	echo "Error: We need to have scripts/osmo-deps.sh from http://git.osmocom.org/osmo-ci/ in PATH !"
-	exit 2
-fi
+# * JOB_TYPE: one of "firmware", "gateware", "manuals", "software"
+#
+# We assume that PATH includes the path to the respective toolchain.
+# The argument '--publish' is used to trigger publication/upload of firmware.
 
 set -e
 
 TOPDIR=`pwd`
 publish="$1"
 
-base="$PWD"
-deps="$base/deps"
-inst="$deps/install"
-export deps inst
-
-export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$inst/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$inst/lib"
-export PATH="$inst/bin:$PATH"
-
-osmo-clean-workspace.sh
-
-mkdir "$deps" || true
-
-# we assume that PATH includes the path to the respective toolchain
-
-# firmware build
-FW_DIRS="firmware/ice40-riscv/e1-tracer firmware/ice40-riscv/icE1usb"
-for d in $FW_DIRS; do
-	echo
-	echo "=============== $d FIRMWARE  =============="
-	make -C $d clean all
-done
-
-# The argument '--publish' is used to trigger publication/upload of firmware
-if [ "x$publish" = "x--publish" ]; then
-
-	echo
-	echo "=============== UPLOAD FIRMWARE =============="
-
-	cat > "/build/known_hosts" <<EOF
+cat > "/build/known_hosts" <<EOF
 [ftp.osmocom.org]:48 ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDDgQ9HntlpWNmh953a2Gc8NysKE4orOatVT1wQkyzhARnfYUerRuwyNr1GqMyBKdSI9amYVBXJIOUFcpV81niA7zQRUs66bpIMkE9/rHxBd81SkorEPOIS84W4vm3SZtuNqa+fADcqe88Hcb0ZdTzjKILuwi19gzrQyME2knHY71EOETe9Yow5RD2hTIpB5ecNxI0LUKDq+Ii8HfBvndPBIr0BWYDugckQ3Bocf+yn/tn2/GZieFEyFpBGF/MnLbAAfUKIdeyFRX7ufaiWWz5yKAfEhtziqdAGZaXNaLG6gkpy3EixOAy6ZXuTAk3b3Y0FUmDjhOHllbPmTOcKMry9
 [ftp.osmocom.org]:48 ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBPdWn1kEousXuKsZ+qJEZTt/NSeASxCrUfNDW3LWtH+d8Ust7ZuKp/vuyG+5pe5pwpPOgFu7TjN+0lVjYJVXH54=
 [ftp.osmocom.org]:48 ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIK8iivY70EiR5NiGChV39gRLjNpC8lvu1ZdHtdMw2zuX
 EOF
-	SSH_COMMAND="ssh -o 'UserKnownHostsFile=/build/known_hosts' -p 48"
-	rsync --archive --verbose --compress --rsh "$SSH_COMMAND" $TOPDIR/firmware/ice40-riscv/icE1usb/icE1usb-fw-*.{bin,elf} binaries@ftp.osmocom.org:web-files/icE1usb/firmware/all/
-	rsync --archive --copy-links --verbose --compress --rsh "$SSH_COMMAND" $TOPDIR/firmware/ice40-riscv/icE1usb/icE1usb-fw.{bin,elf} binaries@ftp.osmocom.org:web-files/icE1usb/firmware/latest/
-	rsync --archive --verbose --compress --rsh "$SSH_COMMAND" $TOPDIR/firmware/ice40-riscv/e1-tracer/e1_tracer-fw-*.{bin,elf} binaries@ftp.osmocom.org:web-files/e1-tracer/firmware/all/
-	rsync --verbose --copy-links --compress --rsh "$SSH_COMMAND" $TOPDIR/firmware/ice40-riscv/e1-tracer/e1_tracer-fw.{bin,elf} binaries@ftp.osmocom.org:web-files/e1-tracer/firmware/latest/
-fi
 
-# manuals build + optional publication
-if [ "$WITH_MANUALS" = "1" ]; then
-	make -C doc/manuals clean all
-	if [ "$PUBLISH" = "1" ]; then
-		make -C doc/manuals publish
+case "$JOB_TYPE" in
+"firmware")
+	FW_DIRS="firmware/ice40-riscv/e1-tracer firmware/ice40-riscv/icE1usb"
+	for d in $FW_DIRS; do
+		echo
+		echo "=============== $d FIRMWARE  =============="
+		make -C $d clean all
+	done
+
+	if [ "x$publish" = "x--publish" ]; then
+		echo
+		echo "=============== UPLOAD FIRMWARE =============="
+		SSH_COMMAND="ssh -o 'UserKnownHostsFile=/build/known_hosts' -p 48"
+		rsync --archive --verbose --compress --rsh "$SSH_COMMAND" $TOPDIR/firmware/ice40-riscv/icE1usb/icE1usb-fw-*.{bin,elf} binaries@ftp.osmocom.org:web-files/icE1usb/firmware/all/
+		rsync --archive --copy-links --verbose --compress --rsh "$SSH_COMMAND" $TOPDIR/firmware/ice40-riscv/icE1usb/icE1usb-fw.{bin,elf} binaries@ftp.osmocom.org:web-files/icE1usb/firmware/latest/
+		rsync --archive --verbose --compress --rsh "$SSH_COMMAND" $TOPDIR/firmware/ice40-riscv/e1-tracer/e1_tracer-fw-*.{bin,elf} binaries@ftp.osmocom.org:web-files/e1-tracer/firmware/all/
+		rsync --verbose --copy-links --compress --rsh "$SSH_COMMAND" $TOPDIR/firmware/ice40-riscv/e1-tracer/e1_tracer-fw.{bin,elf} binaries@ftp.osmocom.org:web-files/e1-tracer/firmware/latest/
 	fi
-fi
-
-# gateware build
-if [ "$WITH_GATEWARE" = "1" ]; then
+	;;
+"gateware")
 	GATE_VARS="IGNORE_TIMING=1 SINGLE_CHANNEL=1"
 	GATE_DIRS="gateware/e1-tracer gateware/icE1usb"
 	for d in $GATE_DIRS; do
@@ -74,6 +47,46 @@ if [ "$WITH_GATEWARE" = "1" ]; then
 		make -C $d clean
 		make -C $d ${GATE_VARS}
 	done
-fi
+	;;
+"manuals")
+	make -C doc/manuals clean all
 
-osmo-clean-workspace.sh
+	if [ "$PUBLISH" = "1" ]; then
+		make -C doc/manuals publish
+	fi
+	;;
+"software")
+	if ! [ -x "$(command -v osmo-build-dep.sh)" ]; then
+		echo "Error: We need to have scripts/osmo-deps.sh from http://git.osmocom.org/osmo-ci/ in PATH !"
+		exit 2
+	fi
+
+	base="$PWD"
+	deps="$base/deps"
+	inst="$deps/install"
+	export deps inst
+
+	export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$inst/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$inst/lib"
+	export PATH="$inst/bin:$PATH"
+
+	osmo-clean-workspace.sh
+
+	mkdir -p "$deps"
+
+	osmo-build-dep.sh libosmocore "" ac_cv_path_DOXYGEN=false
+	osmo-build-dep.sh libosmo-abis
+
+	SW_DIRS="software/e1-tracer/record software/e1-tracer/analyze"
+	for d in $SW_DIRS; do
+		echo
+		echo "=============== $d SOFTWARE =============="
+		make -C $d clean all
+	done
+
+	osmo-clean-workspace.sh
+	;;
+*)
+	echo "ERROR: unsupported value for JOB_TYPE: $JOB_TYPE"
+	exit 1
+esac