diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5eb75dee2e..4a1b859a78 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ ifndef VERSION
 	VERSION := git-$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 endif
 
+crossbuild:
+	GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -o .build/darwin/amd64/kops -ldflags "-X main.BuildVersion=${VERSION}" -v k8s.io/kops/cmd/kops/...
+	GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o .build/linux/amd64/kops -ldflags "-X main.BuildVersion=${VERSION}" -v k8s.io/kops/cmd/kops/...
+	#GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o .build/windows/amd64/kops -ldflags "-X main.BuildVersion=${VERSION}" -v k8s.io/kops/cmd/kops/...
+
 kops:
 	GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1 go install -ldflags "-X main.BuildVersion=${VERSION}" k8s.io/kops/cmd/kops/...
 	ln -sfn ${GOPATH_1ST}/src/k8s.io/kops/upup/models/ ${GOPATH_1ST}/bin/models