diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fd2273b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+GIT_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+BUILD_OUTPUT=$(GIT_COMMIT=$GIT_COMMIT BUILD_TIME=1 zola build 2>&1)
+BUILD_TIME=$(echo "$BUILD_OUTPUT" | sed -nE "s/Done in ([0-9]+)ms./\1/p")
+
+GIT_COMMIT=$GIT_COMMIT BUILD_TIME=$BUILD_TIME zola build
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 187d22d..a12d998 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
             {% include "partials/footer.html" %}
         </section>
 
-        <p class="buildinfo">{{ get_env(name="GIT_COMMIT") | truncate(length=7, end="") }}</p>
+        <p class="buildinfo">{{ get_env(name="GIT_COMMIT") }} - {{ get_env(name="BUILD_TIME") }}ms</p>
     </body>
 </html>