diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index ba7e9155d..5a4da301b 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@
 build
 coverage-html
 dist
-docker-compose.spec
 docs/_site
 venv
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f6750c1ff..1b0c50113 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@
 /build
 /coverage-html
 /dist
-/docker-compose.spec
 /docs/_site
 /venv
diff --git a/docker-compose.spec b/docker-compose.spec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eae63914c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- mode: python -*-
+
+block_cipher = None
+
+a = Analysis(['bin/docker-compose'],
+             pathex=['.'],
+             hiddenimports=[],
+             hookspath=None,
+             runtime_hooks=None,
+             cipher=block_cipher)
+
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure,
+             cipher=block_cipher)
+
+exe = EXE(pyz,
+          a.scripts,
+          a.binaries,
+          a.zipfiles,
+          a.datas,
+          name='docker-compose',
+          debug=False,
+          strip=None,
+          upx=True,
+          console=True )
diff --git a/script/build-linux-inner b/script/build-linux-inner
index cfea83806..e5d290eba 100755
--- a/script/build-linux-inner
+++ b/script/build-linux-inner
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ mkdir -p `pwd`/dist
 chmod 777 `pwd`/dist
 
 pip install -r requirements-build.txt
-su -c "pyinstaller -F bin/docker-compose" user
+su -c "pyinstaller docker-compose.spec" user
 mv dist/docker-compose $TARGET
 $TARGET version
diff --git a/script/build-osx b/script/build-osx
index d99c1fb98..e1cc7038a 100755
--- a/script/build-osx
+++ b/script/build-osx
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ virtualenv -p /usr/local/bin/python venv
 venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
 venv/bin/pip install -r requirements-build.txt
 venv/bin/pip install .
-venv/bin/pyinstaller -F bin/docker-compose
+venv/bin/pyinstaller docker-compose.spec
 mv dist/docker-compose dist/docker-compose-Darwin-x86_64
 dist/docker-compose-Darwin-x86_64 version