diff --git a/build/build.ps1 b/build/build.ps1
index 86b034a02..1baa55a51 100644
--- a/build/build.ps1
+++ b/build/build.ps1
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pip install ..\.
 
 pyinstaller -y daemon.onefile.spec
 pyinstaller -y cli.onefile.spec
+pyinstaller -y console.onefile.spec
 
 nuget install secure-file -ExcludeVersion
 secure-file\tools\secure-file -decrypt .\lbry2.pfx.enc -secret "$env:pfx_key"
diff --git a/build/build.sh b/build/build.sh
index d9094edb6..f23c098f7 100755
--- a/build/build.sh
+++ b/build/build.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ cp "$ROOT/requirements.txt" "$BUILD_DIR/requirements_base.txt"
   cd "$BUILD_DIR"
   pyinstaller -y daemon.onefile.spec
   pyinstaller -y cli.onefile.spec
+  pyinstaller -y console.onefile.spec
 )
 
 python "$BUILD_DIR/zip_daemon.py"
diff --git a/build/console.onefile.spec b/build/console.onefile.spec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..420bf5043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/console.onefile.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# -*- mode: python -*-
+import platform
+import os
+
+import lbryum
+
+dir = 'build';
+cwd = os.getcwd()
+if os.path.basename(cwd) != dir:
+    raise Exception('pyinstaller build needs to be run from the ' + dir + ' directory')
+repo_base = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(cwd, '..'))
+
+execfile(os.path.join(cwd, "entrypoint.py")) # ghetto import
+
+
+system = platform.system()
+if system == 'Darwin':
+    icns = os.path.join(repo_base, 'build', 'icon.icns')
+elif system == 'Linux':
+    icns = os.path.join(repo_base, 'build', 'icons', '256x256.png')
+elif system == 'Windows':
+    icns = os.path.join(repo_base, 'build', 'icons', 'lbry256.ico')
+else:
+    print 'Warning: System {} has no icons'.format(system)
+    icns = None
+
+
+datas = [
+    (os.path.join(os.path.dirname(lbryum.__file__), 'wordlist', language + '.txt'), 'lbryum/wordlist')
+    for language in ('chinese_simplified', 'japanese', 'spanish','english', 'portuguese')
+]
+
+
+a = Entrypoint('lbrynet', 'console_scripts', 'lbrynet-console', pathex=[cwd], datas=datas)
+
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data)
+
+exe = EXE(
+    pyz,
+    a.scripts,
+    a.binaries,
+    a.zipfiles,
+    a.datas,
+    name='lbrynet-console',
+    debug=False,
+    strip=False,
+    upx=True,
+    console=True,
+    icon=icns
+)
diff --git a/build/zip_daemon.py b/build/zip_daemon.py
index ef3f5e222..53c60085b 100644
--- a/build/zip_daemon.py
+++ b/build/zip_daemon.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def main():
     tag = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'describe']).strip()
     zipfilename = 'lbrynet-daemon-{}-{}.zip'.format(tag, get_system_label())
     full_filename = os.path.join(this_dir, 'dist', zipfilename)
-    executables = ['lbrynet-daemon', 'lbrynet-cli']
+    executables = ['lbrynet-daemon', 'lbrynet-cli', 'lbrynet-console']
     ext = '.exe' if platform.system() == 'Windows' else ''
     with zipfile.ZipFile(full_filename, 'w') as myzip:
         for executable in executables: