diff --git a/build-panopoly-inplace.make b/build-panopoly-inplace.make
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b74fd86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-panopoly-inplace.make
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+; This file can be used to build or rebuild the dev version of panopoly (see: http://drupal.org/node/1717546) 
+; in an existing folder.  Use build-panopoly.make to build a complete copy of panopoly without having to have 
+; the panopoly repo already checked out locally.
+; Example usage: from your doc root: drush make [--no-gitinfofile] [--working-copy] profiles/panopoly/build-panopoly-inplace.make .
+
+api = 2
+core = 7.x
+projects[drupal][version] = 7.17
+includes[] = drupal-org-core.make
+includes[] = drupal-org.make
diff --git a/build-panopoly.make b/build-panopoly.make
index 8b6fbcb..a6f2f01 100644
--- a/build-panopoly.make
+++ b/build-panopoly.make
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ core = 7.x
 projects[drupal][version] = 7.17
 includes[] = drupal-org-core.make
 includes[] = drupal-org.make
+
+; Download the Panopoly install profile and recurively build its dependencies:
+projects[panopoly][type] = profile
+projects[panopoly][download][type] = git
+projects[panopoly][download][branch] = 7.x-1.x