diff --git a/initrd/build.sh b/initrd/build.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+export RUSTFLAGS="-Ctarget-feature=+crt-static"
+cd "$(dirname "${0}")/.."
+HYPHA_DIR="${PWD}"
+cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+INITRD_DIR="$(mktemp -d /tmp/hypha-initrd.XXXXXXXXXXXXX)"
+cp target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/hyphactr "${INITRD_DIR}/init"
+cd "${INITRD_DIR}"
+mkdir -p "${HYPHA_DIR}/target/initrd"
+find . | cpio -o -H newc --quiet > "${HYPHA_DIR}/target/initrd/initrd"