diff --git a/selfdrive/debug/profiling/palanteer/.gitignore b/selfdrive/debug/profiling/palanteer/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..158e7b0759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selfdrive/debug/profiling/palanteer/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+palanteer/
+viewer
diff --git a/selfdrive/debug/profiling/palanteer/setup.sh b/selfdrive/debug/profiling/palanteer/setup.sh
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index 0000000000..e912a9367f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selfdrive/debug/profiling/palanteer/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null && pwd )"
+cd $DIR
+
+if [ ! -d palanteer ]; then
+  git clone https://github.com/dfeneyrou/palanteer
+  pip install wheel
+  sudo apt install libunwind-dev libdw-dev
+fi
+
+cd palanteer
+git pull
+
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+make -j$(nproc)
+
+pip install --force-reinstall python/dist/palanteer*.whl
+
+cp bin/palanteer $DIR/viewer