diff --git a/scripts/rebuild-recipe.sh b/scripts/rebuild-recipe.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3856b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rebuild-recipe.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -ex
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]
+then
+    echo "$0: no argument provided"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "cookbook/recipes/$1" ]
+then
+    echo "$0: $1 is not a recipe"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+rm -rfv "cookbook/recipes/$1/"{source,source.tar,target}
+make "r.$1"