diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 08457f2..4266a10 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #use glob syntax
 syntax: glob
 
+__pycache__
 *.pyc
 build/*
 *.egg-info
diff --git a/hippolyzer/apps/proxy.py b/hippolyzer/apps/proxy.py
index 3c5e127..c9d4924 100644
--- a/hippolyzer/apps/proxy.py
+++ b/hippolyzer/apps/proxy.py
@@ -186,3 +186,8 @@ def _windows_timeout_killer(pid: int):
 def main():
     multiprocessing.set_start_method("spawn")
     start_proxy()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    multiprocessing.freeze_support()
+    main()
diff --git a/hippolyzer/apps/proxy_gui.py b/hippolyzer/apps/proxy_gui.py
index 4eff290..7fd1248 100644
--- a/hippolyzer/apps/proxy_gui.py
+++ b/hippolyzer/apps/proxy_gui.py
@@ -802,3 +802,8 @@ def gui_main():
         extra_addon_paths=window.getAddonList(),
         proxy_host=http_host,
     )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    multiprocessing.freeze_support()
+    gui_main()
diff --git a/setup_cxfreeze.py b/setup_cxfreeze.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1861b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup_cxfreeze.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import sys
+
+from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
+
+options = {
+    "build_exe": {
+        "packages": [
+            "passlib",
+            "_cffi_backend",
+            "hippolyzer",
+        ],
+        # exclude packages that are not really needed
+        "excludes": [
+            "tkinter",
+        ]
+    }
+}
+
+executables = [
+    Executable(
+        "hippolyzer/apps/proxy_gui.py",
+        base=None,
+        target_name="hippolyzer_gui"
+    ),
+]
+
+setup(
+    name="hippolyzer_gui",
+    version="0.1",
+    description="Hippolyzer GUI",
+    options=options,
+    executables=executables,
+)