diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 7a182f8f6..7fab7e224 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ def configureLinuxProvisioners(vmCfg)
 		privileged: true,
 		path: './scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-config.sh'
 
+	vmCfg.vm.provision "shell",
+		privileged: true,
+		path: './scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-dev.sh'
+
+	vmCfg.vm.provision "shell",
+		privileged: true,
+		path: './scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-docker.sh'
+
 	vmCfg.vm.provision "shell",
 		privileged: true,
 		path: './scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-consul.sh'
diff --git a/scripts/release/Dockerfile b/scripts/release/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..035004e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Dockerfile for building nomad binaries
+# that mimics Vagrant environment as far as required
+# for building the scripts and running provision scripts
+
+FROM ubuntu:16.04
+
+RUN apt-get update; apt-get install -y \
+            apt-transport-https \
+            ca-certificates \
+            curl \
+            git \
+            sudo \
+            tree \
+            unzip \
+            wget
+
+RUN useradd --create-home vagrant \
+    && echo 'vagrant      ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
+
+# install priv packages
+ADD ./scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-config.sh /tmp/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-config.sh
+RUN /tmp/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-config.sh
+
+ADD ./scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh /tmp/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh
+RUN /tmp/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-go.sh
+
+ADD ./scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-protoc.sh /tmp/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-protoc.sh
+RUN /tmp/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-protoc.sh
+
+USER vagrant
+
+ADD ./scripts/vagrant-linux-unpriv-ui.sh /tmp/scripts/vagrant-linux-unpriv-ui.sh
+RUN /tmp/scripts/vagrant-linux-unpriv-ui.sh
+
+# Update PATH with GO bin, yarn, and node
+ENV GOPATH="/opt/gopath" \
+    PATH="/home/vagrant/bin:/opt/gopath/bin:/home/vagrant/.yarn/bin:/home/vagrant/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/.bin:$PATH"
+
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad
+RUN mkdir -p /home/vagrant/bin \
+    && git config --global user.email "nomad@hashicorp.com" \
+    && git config --global user.name "Nomad Release Bot"
+
+COPY --chown=vagrant:vagrant ./scripts/release/docker-build-all /home/vagrant/bin/docker-build-all
diff --git a/scripts/release/Makefile.linux b/scripts/release/Makefile.linux
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70f7bd65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/Makefile.linux
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+NOMAD_VERSION = 0.9.0-dev
+
+NOMAD_MAIN_VERSION := $(shell echo $(NOMAD_VERSION) | cut -d- -f1)
+NOMAD_PRERELEASE_VERSION := $(shell echo $(NOMAD_VERSION) | cut -d- -f2-)
+
+update_version:
+	@echo "updating version to $(NOMAD_MAIN_VERSION)-$(NOMAD_PRERELEASE_VERSION)"
+	@sed -i.bak -e 's|\(Version * = *"\)[^"]*|\1$(NOMAD_MAIN_VERSION)|g' version/version.go
+	@sed -i.bak -e 's|\(VersionPrerelease * = *"\)[^"]*|\1$(NOMAD_PRERELEASE_VERSION)|g' version/version.go
+	@rm -rf version/version.go.bak
+
+PRERELEASE_TARGET = prerelease
+RELEASE_TARGET = release
+
+build_releases:
+	@echo "======>> installing dependencies"
+	$(MAKE) bootstrap
+
+	@echo "======>> pre-releasing"
+	$(MAKE) $(PRERELEASE_TARGET)
+
+	@echo "======>> committing generated files"
+	git add -A .
+	git commit --author 'Nomad Release bot <nomad@hashicorp.com>' \
+		--message "Generate files for $(NOMAD_VERSION) release"
+
+	@echo "======>> building release artifacts"
+	$(MAKE) $(RELEASE_TARGET)
diff --git a/scripts/release/docker-build-all b/scripts/release/docker-build-all
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f1be5aca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/docker-build-all
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+. ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+cp -r /tmp/nomad-git /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad/.git
+
+cd /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad
+git checkout .
+
+make -f ./scripts/release/Makefile.linux \
+  "NOMAD_VERSION=${NOMAD_VERSION}" \
+  "PRERELEASE_TARGET=${PRERELEASE_TARGET}" \
+  "RELEASE_TARGET=${RELEASE_TARGET}" \
+  update_version build_releases
+
+cp -r /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad \
+    /tmp/artifacts/repo
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-config.sh b/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-config.sh
index 7c8b38c52..b2400c5c0 100755
--- a/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-config.sh
+++ b/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-config.sh
@@ -9,15 +9,6 @@ apt-get install -y software-properties-common
 # Add i386 architecture (for libraries)
 dpkg --add-architecture i386
 
-# Add the Docker repository
-apt-key adv \
-	--keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 \
-	--recv-keys 9DC858229FC7DD38854AE2D88D81803C0EBFCD88
-add-apt-repository \
-	"deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
-	$(lsb_release -cs) \
-	stable"
-
 # Update with i386, Go and Docker
 apt-get update
 
@@ -35,7 +26,6 @@ apt-get install -y \
 apt-get install -y \
 	curl \
 	default-jre \
-	docker-ce \
 	htop \
 	jq \
 	qemu \
@@ -60,12 +50,6 @@ apt-get install -y \
 # Ensure everything is up to date
 apt-get upgrade -y
 
-# Restart Docker in case it got upgraded
-systemctl restart docker.service
-
-# Ensure Docker can be used by vagrant user
-usermod -aG docker vagrant
-
 # Set hostname -> IP to make advertisement work as expected
 ip=$(ip route get 1 | awk '{print $NF; exit}')
 hostname=$(hostname)
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-dev.sh b/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2b22a36a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Install Development utilities
+apt-get install -y \
+	      curl \
+	      default-jre \
+	      htop \
+	      jq \
+	      qemu \
+	      silversearcher-ag \
+	      tree \
+	      unzip \
+	      vim
+
+
+# Set hostname -> IP to make advertisement work as expected
+ip=$(ip route get 1 | awk '{print $NF; exit}')
+hostname=$(hostname)
+sed -i -e "s/.*nomad.*/${ip} ${hostname}/" /etc/hosts
+
+# Ensure we cd into the working directory on login
+if ! grep "cd /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad" /home/vagrant/.profile ; then
+	  echo 'cd /opt/gopath/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad' >> /home/vagrant/.profile
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-docker.sh b/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-docker.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..22a9c5717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/vagrant-linux-priv-docker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Add the Docker repository
+apt-key adv \
+	      --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 \
+	      --recv-keys 9DC858229FC7DD38854AE2D88D81803C0EBFCD88
+add-apt-repository \
+	  "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+	$(lsb_release -cs) \
+	stable"
+
+# Update with i386, Go and Docker
+apt-get update
+
+apt-get install -y docker-ce
+
+# Restart Docker in case it got upgraded
+systemctl restart docker.service
+
+# Ensure Docker can be used by vagrant user
+usermod -aG docker vagrant