diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cc2b62f..68aa909 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,3 +24,20 @@ uninstall:
 clean:
 	rm $(DIR_BUILD)/$(BIN)
 
+compile-on-debian-11:
+	# builds repo2html compatible with systems running glibc-2.31 and higher.
+	#
+	# this will download a debian docker container that has glibc 2.31, then
+	# download chicken scheme, gcc compiler, and tons of related packages, then
+	# download all the dependency eggs, then compile them, then compile this
+	# project, then except for that one output executable it will delete
+	# *everything* it has done and downloaded including any caches meant to
+	# save you some time and bandwidth the next time you need to compile this
+	#
+	# what i'm saying is, if we need to run this frequently, we should find a
+	# better mechanism. providing a dockerfile would probably be sufficient...
+	docker run --rm -it -v "$(shell pwd)":/tmp/x -w /tmp/x  debian:bullseye-slim sh -c '\
+		apt update &&\
+		apt install -y chicken-bin build-essential make &&\
+		make dependencies &&\
+		make compile'