diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5a57e5a..6898cb7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ local.properties
 .idea
 .DS_Store
 .externalNativeBuild
+/prevodb-build
 
 /app/src/main/assets/articles/article-*.bin
 /app/src/main/assets/indices/index-*.bin
diff --git a/scripts/generate-dictionary.sh b/scripts/generate-dictionary.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..032cbd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/generate-dictionary.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"/..
+
+mkdir -p prevodb-build
+cd prevodb-build
+
+../extern/prevodb/autogen.sh
+make -j$(nproc)
+
+./src/prevodb \
+    -i ../extern/revo-fonto \
+    -i ../extern/voko-grundo \
+    -o ../app/src/main