diff --git a/util/build_and_test.sh b/util/build_and_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..64c4f31ec60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/build_and_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -ex
+
+BASE_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}/" )/.." &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+AWS_LC_BUILD="${BASE_DIR}/build"
+
+DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS=("-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug" "-GNinja")
+
+BUILD_TARGET="all_tests"
+RUN_TARGET="run_tests"
+BUILD_ONLY=false
+CMAKE_ARGS=()
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --build-only)
+      BUILD_ONLY=true
+      shift
+      ;;
+    --build-target)
+      BUILD_TARGET="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    --run-target)
+      RUN_TARGET="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    *)
+      # Everything else gets passed to CMake
+      CMAKE_ARGS+=("$1")
+      shift
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+mkdir -p "${AWS_LC_BUILD}"
+
+cmake "${BASE_DIR}" -B "${AWS_LC_BUILD}" "${DEFAULT_CMAKE_FLAGS[@]}" "${CMAKE_ARGS[@]}"
+
+cmake --build "${AWS_LC_BUILD}" -j --target ${BUILD_TARGET}
+
+# Only run tests if --build-only was not specified
+if [ "$BUILD_ONLY" = false ]; then
+  cmake --build "${AWS_LC_BUILD}" --target ${RUN_TARGET}
+fi