diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1b87c67..5958502 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 # Ignore binary files
-bin/*
-
-# Just in case some .class files escape:
-*.class
+bin/
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dc5035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<project name="SpaceShipSim" basedir="." default="main" >
+	<property name="src.dir" value="src" />
+	<property name="bin.dir" value="bin" />
+	<property name="classes.dir" value="${bin.dir}/classes" />
+	<property name="jar.dir" value="${bin.dir}/jar" />
+	<property name="main-class" value="spaceshipsim.SpaceShipSim" />
+	
+	<target name="clean" >
+		<delete dir="bin" />
+	</target>
+	
+	<target name="compile" >
+		<mkdir dir="${classes.dir}" />
+		<javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${classes.dir}" />
+	</target>
+	
+	<target name="jar" depends="compile" >
+		<mkdir dir="${jar.dir}" />
+		<jar destfile="${jar.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar" basedir="${classes.dir}" >
+			<manifest>
+				<attribute name="Main-Class" value="${main-class}" />
+			</manifest>
+		</jar>
+	</target>
+	
+	<target name="run" depends="jar" >
+		<java jar="${jar.dir}/${ant.project.name}.jar" fork="true" />
+	</target>
+</project>