diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index df822228..81b0a7ef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ build*
 !build-info.sh
 !build.zig
 !docs/build.md
+!scripts/build-*.sh
+!scripts/build-*.bat
 /libllama.so
 /llama-*
 /vulkan-shaders-gen
diff --git a/scripts/build-zen.bat b/scripts/build-zen.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..125bf307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-zen.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+@echo off
+REM CPU-only build helper for AVX-512-capable CPUs (AMD Zen4 / Intel
+REM Sapphire Rapids+) on Windows + MSVC. Enables the IQK GEMM kernels
+REM gated by HAVE_FANCY_SIMD (see docs\build.md "CPU build flags for AVX-512").
+REM
+REM Run from a Visual Studio "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt" so that
+REM cl.exe and the rest of the MSVC toolchain are on PATH.
+REM
+REM Usage:
+REM   scripts\build-zen.bat [build-dir]
+REM
+REM Default build directory is "build".
+
+setlocal
+
+if "%~1"=="" (set BUILD_DIR=build) else (set BUILD_DIR=%~1)
+
+cmake -B "%BUILD_DIR%" -G "NMake Makefiles" ^
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ^
+    -DGGML_NATIVE=ON ^
+    -DGGML_AVX512=ON ^
+    -DGGML_AVX512_VBMI=ON ^
+    -DGGML_AVX512_VNNI=ON ^
+    -DGGML_AVX512_BF16=ON
+if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+
+cmake --build "%BUILD_DIR%" --config Release
diff --git a/scripts/build-zen.sh b/scripts/build-zen.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb88ee41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-zen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# CPU-only build helper for AVX-512-capable CPUs (AMD Zen4 / Intel
+# Sapphire Rapids+). Enables the IQK GEMM kernels gated by HAVE_FANCY_SIMD
+# (see docs/build.md "CPU build flags for AVX-512").
+#
+# Usage:
+#   ./scripts/build-zen.sh [build-dir]
+#
+# Default build directory is "build". A subsequent
+#
+#   objdump -d <build-dir>/bin/llama-cli | grep -c vpdpbusd
+#
+# should report a non-trivial count if VNNI was compiled in. The runtime
+# banner of any built binary will print "HAVE_FANCY_SIMD is defined" when
+# the AVX-512 quantized matmul path is active.
+
+set -e
+
+BUILD_DIR=${1:-build}
+
+cmake -B "$BUILD_DIR" \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DGGML_NATIVE=ON \
+    -DGGML_AVX512=ON \
+    -DGGML_AVX512_VBMI=ON \
+    -DGGML_AVX512_VNNI=ON \
+    -DGGML_AVX512_BF16=ON
+
+cmake --build "$BUILD_DIR" --config Release -j