diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e9b9dbb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Usage: sh build.sh [option]
+# option can be all (rebuilds everything), clean, or nothing (incremental build)
+# Modify the individual build.sh for specific program options like debug symbols
+# Uncomment if building by itself, rather then with all the plugins
+
+#Normal
+export PCSX2OPTIONS="--enable-sse3 --enable-sse4 --prefix `pwd`"
+
+
+#Optimized, but a devbuild
+#export PCSX2OPTIONS="--enable-sse3 --enable-sse4 --enable-devbuild --prefix `pwd`"
+
+#Debug / Devbuild version
+#export PCSX2OPTIONS="--enable-debug --enable-devbuild --enable-sse3 --prefix `pwd`"
+
+
+export PCSX2PLUGINS="`pwd`/bin/plugins"
+curdir=`pwd`
+
+cd ${curdir}/plugins
+sh build.sh $@
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+echo Error with building plugins
+exit 1
+fi
+
+cd ${curdir}/pcsx2
+sh build.sh $@
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+echo Error with building pcsx2
+exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/pcsx2/build.sh b/pcsx2/build.sh
index 0e52d9314c..2ad3bf8673 100644
--- a/pcsx2/build.sh
+++ b/pcsx2/build.sh
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
 #
 
-# Uncomment if building by itself, rather then with all the plugins
-
-#Normal
-export PCSX2OPTIONS="--enable-sse3 --prefix `pwd`"
-#Debug version
-#export PCSX2OPTIONS="--enable-debug --enable-devbuild --enable-sse3 --prefix `pwd`"
-
 echo ---------------
 echo Building Pcsx2 
 echo ---------------
diff --git a/plugins/build.sh b/plugins/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..bf591ab847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+curdir=`pwd`
+
+function buildplugin {
+cd ${curdir}/$1
+sh build.sh $2
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+exit 1
+fi
+}
+
+buildplugin gs $@
+buildplugin cdvd $@
+buildplugin dev9 $@
+buildplugin fw $@
+buildplugin pad $@
+buildplugin spu2 $@
+buildplugin usb $@
diff --git a/plugins/fetch.sh b/plugins/fetch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e6b1bcedcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/fetch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Convenience script for obtaining plugins,
+# Use at your own risk. Assumes that it is being run in the plugin directory.
+
+#Running this script should do the following:
+#1) Check to see if the 6 needed plugin folders exist in the current directory.
+#2) If they aren't. create a temp directory, download the plugins to it from
+#    the official pcsx2 svn, move them into the plugin directory, and then delete
+#    the temp directory.
+
+#3) Check for copies of certain plugins in the current directory, and copy them to
+#     the right place if they exist, assuming that they are modified copies of those plugins.
+
+curdir=`pwd`
+PLUGINDIRS="gs cdvd dev9 fw pad spu2 usb"
+
+if [ -d "gs" ] & [ -d "cdvd" ] & [ -d "dev9" ] & [ -d "fw" ] & [ -d "pad" ] &  [ -d "spu2" ] & [ -d "usb" ]
+then
+echo "Plugin directories already present."
+else
+echo "Checking plugins out from official Pcsx2 svn..."
+mkdir "temp"
+
+if [ -d "temp" ]
+cd "temp"
+svn checkout http://pcsx2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/plugins ./
+
+echo "Copying..."
+ for i in $PLUGINDIRS; do
+            mv $i ../
+        done
+cd ..
+rm -rf ./temp/
+fi
+
+fi
+
+if [ -d zerogs ]
+then
+echo "Importing local copy of zerogs..."
+rm -rf ./gs/zerogs
+cp -r zerogs ./gs/
+fi
+
+if [ -d zerospu2 ]
+then
+echo "Importing local copy of zerospu2..."
+rm -rf ./spu2/zerospu2
+cp -r zerospu2 ./spu2/
+fi
+
+if [ -d zeropad ]
+then
+echo "Importing local copy of zeropad..."
+rm -rf ./pad/zeropad
+cp -r zeropad ./pad/
+fi
+
+if [ -d CDVDlinuz ]
+then
+echo "Importing local copy of CDVDlinuz.."
+rm -rf ./cdvd/CDVDlinuz
+cp -r CDVDlinuz ./cdvd/
+fi
+
+if [ -d CDVDisoEFP ]
+then
+echo "Importing local copy of CDVDisoEFP.."
+rm -rf ./cdvd/CDVDisoEFP
+cp -r CDVDisoEFP ./cdvd/
+fi
+
+if [ -d PeopsSPU2 ]
+then
+echo "Importing local copy of PeopsSPU2.."
+rm -rf ./spu2/PeopsSPU2
+cp -r PeopsSPU2 ./spu2/
+fi
+