diff --git a/planetwars-cli/src/commands/build.rs b/planetwars-cli/src/commands/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1df0bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/planetwars-cli/src/commands/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use clap::Parser;
+use std::io;
+use tokio::process;
+
+use crate::workspace::Workspace;
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+pub struct BuildCommand {
+    /// Name of the bot to build
+    bot: String,
+}
+
+impl BuildCommand {
+    pub async fn run(self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        let workspace = Workspace::open_current_dir()?;
+        let bot = workspace.get_bot(&self.bot)?;
+        if let Some(argv) = bot.config.get_build_argv() {
+            process::Command::new(&argv[0])
+                .args(&argv[1..])
+                .current_dir(&bot.path)
+                .spawn()?
+                .wait()
+                .await?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/planetwars-cli/src/commands/mod.rs b/planetwars-cli/src/commands/mod.rs
index db0be21..52fed5c 100644
--- a/planetwars-cli/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/planetwars-cli/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+mod build;
 mod init;
 mod run_match;
 mod serve;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ impl Cli {
             Command::Init(command) => command.run().await,
             Command::RunMatch(command) => command.run().await,
             Command::Serve(command) => command.run().await,
+            Command::Build(command) => command.run().await,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -33,4 +35,6 @@ enum Command {
     RunMatch(run_match::RunMatchCommand),
     /// Host local webserver
     Serve(serve::ServeCommand),
+    /// Run build command for a bot
+    Build(build::BuildCommand),
 }
diff --git a/planetwars-cli/src/commands/run_match.rs b/planetwars-cli/src/commands/run_match.rs
index 6341b31..868e87c 100644
--- a/planetwars-cli/src/commands/run_match.rs
+++ b/planetwars-cli/src/commands/run_match.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ impl RunMatchCommand {
         match_runner::run_match(match_config).await;
         println!("match completed successfully");
         // TODO: maybe print the match result as well?
-        println!("wrote match log to {}", log_path.to_str().unwrap());
+
+        let relative_path = match log_path.strip_prefix(&workspace.root_path) {
+            Ok(path) => path.to_str().unwrap(),
+            Err(_) => log_path.to_str().unwrap(),
+        };
+        println!("wrote match log to {}", relative_path);
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/planetwars-cli/src/workspace/bot.rs b/planetwars-cli/src/workspace/bot.rs
index cc88076..a0ecb90 100644
--- a/planetwars-cli/src/workspace/bot.rs
+++ b/planetwars-cli/src/workspace/bot.rs
@@ -33,9 +33,18 @@ pub struct BotConfig {
 }
 
 impl BotConfig {
+    // TODO: these commands should not be here
     pub fn get_run_argv(&self) -> Vec<String> {
         // TODO: proper error handling
         shlex::split(&self.run_command)
             .expect("Failed to parse bot run command. Check for unterminated quotes.")
     }
+
+    pub fn get_build_argv(&self) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+        // TODO: proper error handling
+        self.build_command.as_ref().map(|cmd| {
+            shlex::split(cmd)
+                .expect("Failed to parse bot build command. Check for unterminated quotes.")
+        })
+    }
 }