diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e5172aa4..5180710f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ build: $(PROGRAM)
 build-debug: LDFLAGS=
 build-debug: $(PROGRAM)
 
+# if you're using the bad/dev branch, you might want this too!
+baddev: BUILD_FLAGS = -tags 'noaugeas novirt'
+baddev: $(PROGRAM)
+
 # pattern rule target for (cross)building, mgmt-OS-ARCH will be expanded to the correct build
 # extract os and arch from target pattern
 GOOS=$(firstword $(subst -, ,$*))
diff --git a/misc/make-baddev.sh b/misc/make-baddev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9079da97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/make-baddev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Make a new "baddev" branch, start on whatever branch you want to base it on.
+git checkout -B baddev # scary -B reset the branch
+make
+git add lang/parser/lexer.nn.go --force
+git add lang/parser/y.go --force
+git add lang/interpolate/parse.generated.go --force
+git add lang/core/generated_funcs.go --force
+git commit -m 'lang: Commit generated code'
+git push origin baddev --force
+echo 'run `make baddev` to build a binary!'