diff --git a/build.Dockerfile b/build.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d35512c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+FROM golang:latest
+
+# Docs deps
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    python3-pip
+
+ADD lazy.sh /tmp/lazy.sh
+
+RUN /tmp/lazy.sh builddep
+
+ADD docs/requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
+ENV ZREPL_LAZY_DOCS_REQPATH=/tmp/requirements.txt
+RUN /tmp/lazy.sh docdep
+
+RUN mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/zrepl
+RUN ln -sf /zrepl /go/src/github.com/zrepl/zrepl
+
+WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/zrepl/zrepl
+
+
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 892a8e4..6d87610 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _binary releases: https://github.com/zrepl/zrepl/releases
+
 .. _installation:
 
 Installation
@@ -18,8 +20,9 @@ However, until we get around documenting those setups, you will have to run zrep
 Packages
 --------
 
-zrepl releases are signed & tagged by the author in the git repository.
+zrepl source releases are signed & tagged by the author in the git repository.
 Your OS vendor may provide binary packages of zrepl through the package manager.
+Additionally, `binary releases`_ are provided on GitHub.
 The following list may be incomplete, feel free to submit a PR with an update:
 
 .. list-table::
@@ -33,45 +36,45 @@ The following list may be incomplete, feel free to submit a PR with an update:
       - `<https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/zrepl/>`_
     * - Others
       -
-      - Install from source, see below
+      - Use `binary releases`_ or build from source.
 
 Compile From Source
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Go 1.9 or newer and a configured ``$GOPATH`` environment variable and a few build dependencies are required to build zrepl.
-A tutorial is available over at `golang.org <https://golang.org/doc/install>`_.
-If Go 1.9 is not available on your distro consider build in Docker (see below).
+Producing a release requires **Go 1.9** or newer and **Python 3** + **pip3** + ``docs/requirements.txt`` for the Sphinx documentation.
+A tutorial to install Go is available over at `golang.org <https://golang.org/doc/install>`_.
+Python and pip3 should probably be installed via your distro's package manager.
 
-The following shell script checks out the zrepl project into your ``$GOPATH``,
-installs the build dependencies, installs dependencies using ``dep ensure`` and does a ``make release``.
-Build artifacts are placed into ``$GOPATH/github.com/zrepl/zrepl/artifacts/``.
-
-When doing builds afterwards, it should be sufficient to checkout the new revision, run ``dep ensure`` and ``make release``.
-You may want to switch to a tagged commit (we use `semver <http://semver.org>`_) but master should generally be considered stable.
-
-**Note**: it is your job to install the apropriate binary in the zrepl users's ``$PATH``, e.g. ``/usr/local/bin/zrepl``.
-Otherwise, the examples in the :ref:`tutorial` may need to be adjusted.
-
-**You are encouraged to understand what happens by auditing the script.**
-
-::
-
-    curl 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zrepl/zrepl/master/lazy.sh' | sh
-
-You can also build in a Docker container if you want an isolated build environment or don't have a compatible Go version.
+Alternatively, you can use the Docker build process:
+it is used to produce the official zrepl `binary releases`_
+and serves as a reference for build dependencies and procedure:
 
 ::
 
     git clone https://github.com/zrepl/zrepl.git
     cd zrepl
+    sudo docker build -t zrepl_build -f build.Dockerfile .
     sudo docker run -it --rm \
         -v "${PWD}:/zrepl" \
         --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
-        golang:latest bash -c 'export CLONEPATH=/go/src/github.com/zrepl; mkdir -p "$CLONEPATH" && ln -s /zrepl $CLONEPATH/zrepl && ${CLONEPATH}/zrepl/lazy.sh'
+        zrepl_build make release
 
-.. literalinclude:: ../lazy.sh
-    :language: sh
+Alternatively, you can install build dependencies on your local system and then build in your ``$GOPATH``:
 
+::
+
+    mkdir -p "${GOPATH}/src/github.com/zrepl/zrepl"
+    git clone https://github.com/zrepl/zrepl.git "${GOPATH}/src/github.com/zrepl/zrepl"
+    cd "${GOPATH}/src/github.com/zrepl/zrepl"
+    ./lazy.sh devsetup
+    make release
+
+Build results are located in the ``artifacts/`` directory.
+
+.. NOTE::
+
+    It is your job to install the apropriate binary in the zrepl users's ``$PATH``, e.g. ``/usr/local/bin/zrepl``.
+    Otherwise, the examples in the :ref:`tutorial` may need to be adjusted.
 
 .. _mainconfigfile:
 
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76cd9e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Babel==2.5.1
+certifi==2017.11.5
+chardet==3.0.4
+click==6.7
+colorclass==2.2.0
+cryptography==1.7.1
+docutils==0.14
+idna==2.6
+imagesize==0.7.1
+Jinja2==2.10
+keyring==10.1
+keyrings.alt==1.3
+MarkupSafe==1.0
+pyasn1==0.1.9
+pycrypto==2.6.1
+Pygments==2.2.0
+pygobject==3.22.0
+pytz==2017.3
+pyxdg==0.25
+requests==2.18.4
+SecretStorage==2.3.1
+six==1.10.0
+snowballstemmer==1.2.1
+Sphinx==1.6.5
+sphinx-rtd-theme==0.2.4
+sphinxcontrib-versioning==2.2.1
+sphinxcontrib-websupport==1.0.1
+urllib3==1.22
diff --git a/lazy.sh b/lazy.sh
index fd28f68..8000ad9 100755
--- a/lazy.sh
+++ b/lazy.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
-if [ ! -z "$TERM" ]; then
+if tty -s; then
     bold=$(tput bold)
     normal=$(tput sgr0)
 else
@@ -13,39 +13,91 @@ step() {
     echo "${bold}$1${normal}"
 }
 
+if ! type go; then
+    step "go binary not installed or not in \$PATH" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 if [ -z "$GOPATH" ]; then
     step "Make sure you have your GOPATH configured correctly" 1>&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
-step "Checkout sources to \$GOPATH/github.com/zrepl/zrepl"
 CHECKOUTPATH="${GOPATH}/src/github.com/zrepl/zrepl"
-if [ -e "$CHECKOUTPATH" ]; then
-    echo "${CHECKOUTPATH} already exists"
-    if [ ! -d "$CHECKOUTPATH" ]; then
-        echo "${CHECKOUTPATH} is not a directory, aborting" 1>&2
+
+clone() {
+    step "Checkout sources to \$GOPATH/github.com/zrepl/zrepl"
+    if [ -e "$CHECKOUTPATH" ]; then
+        echo "${CHECKOUTPATH} already exists"
+        if [ ! -d "$CHECKOUTPATH" ]; then
+            echo "${CHECKOUTPATH} is not a directory, aborting" 1>&2
+        else
+            cd "$CHECKOUTPATH"
+        fi
     else
-        cd "$CHECKOUTPATH"
+        mkdir -p "$GOPATH/src/github.com/zrepl"
+        cd "$GOPATH/src/github.com/zrepl"
+        git clone https://github.com/zrepl/zrepl.git
+        cd zrepl
     fi
-else
-    mkdir -p "$GOPATH/src/github.com/zrepl"
-    cd "$GOPATH/src/github.com/zrepl"
-    git clone https://github.com/zrepl/zrepl.git
-    cd zrepl
-fi
+}
 
-step "Install build depdencies using 'go get' to \$GOPATH/bin"
-go get -u golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer
-go get -u github.com/golang/dep/cmd/dep
-if ! type stringer || ! type dep; then
-    echo "Installed dependencies but can't find them in \$PATH, adjust it to contain \$GOPATH/bin" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-fi
+builddep() {
+    step "Install build depdencies using 'go get' to \$GOPATH/bin"
+    go get -u golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer
+    go get -u github.com/golang/dep/cmd/dep
+    if ! type stringer || ! type dep; then
+        echo "Installed dependencies but can't find them in \$PATH, adjust it to contain \$GOPATH/bin" 1>&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
 
-step "Fetching dependencies using 'dep ensure'"
-dep ensure
+godep() {
+    step "Fetching dependencies using 'dep ensure'"
+    dep ensure
+}
 
-step "Making release"
-make release-bins
+docdep() {
+    if ! type pip3; then
+        step "pip3 binary not installed or not in \$PATH" 1>&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    step "Installing doc build dependencies"
+    local reqpath="${CHECKOUTPATH}/docs/requirements.txt"
+    if [ ! -z "$ZREPL_LAZY_DOCS_REQPATH" ]; then
+        reqpath="$ZREPL_LAZY_DOCS_REQPATH"
+    fi
+    pip3 install -r "$reqpath"
+}
+
+release() {
+    step "Making release"
+    make release
+}
+
+# precheck
+for cmd in "$@"; do
+    case "$cmd" in
+        clone|builddep|godep|docdep|release_bins|docs)
+            continue
+            ;;
+        devsetup)
+            step "Installing development dependencies"
+            builddep
+            godep
+            docdep
+            step "Development dependencies installed"
+            continue
+            ;;
+        *)
+            step "Invalid command ${cmd}, exiting"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+for cmd in "$@"; do
+    step "Step ${cmd}"
+    eval $cmd
+done
 
-step "Release artifacts are available in $(pwd)/artifacts"