diff --git a/src/Build/build_veracrypt_linux.sh b/src/Build/build_veracrypt_linux.sh
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+# Absolute path to this script
+SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")
+# Absolute path this script is in
+SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")
+# source directory which contains the Makefile
+SOURCEPATH=$(readlink -f "$SCRIPTPATH/..")
+# directory where the VeraCrypt has been checked out
+PARENTDIR=$(readlink -f "$SCRIPTPATH/../../..")
+
+# Make sure only root can run our script
+if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+   echo "VeraCrypt must be built by root" 1>&2
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+# the sources of wxWidgets 3.0.2 must be extracted to the parent directory
+export WX_ROOT=$PARENTDIR/wxWidgets-3.0.2
+echo "Using wxWidgets sources in $WX_ROOT"
+
+# this will be the temporary wxWidgets directory
+export WX_BUILD_DIR=$PARENTDIR/wxBuild
+
+cd $SOURCEPATH
+
+echo "Building GUI version of VeraCrypt"
+make WXSTATIC=1 wxbuild && make WXSTATIC=1 clean && make WXSTATIC=1
+
+echo "Building console version of VeraCrypt"
+make WXSTATIC=1 NOGUI=1 wxbuild && make WXSTATIC=1 NOGUI=1 clean && make WXSTATIC=1 NOGUI=1