diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c05f41912a4..3035d38c5a6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ ALL_MODULES := $(shell find . -type f -name "go.mod" -exec dirname {} \; | sort
 CMD?=
 TOOLS_MOD_DIR := ./internal/tools
 
-GOOS=$(shell $(GOCMD) env GOOS)
-GOARCH=$(shell $(GOCMD) env GOARCH)
-
 # TODO: Find a way to configure this in the generated code, currently no effect.
 BUILD_INFO_IMPORT_PATH=go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/version
 VERSION=$(shell git describe --always --match "v[0-9]*" HEAD)
@@ -206,6 +203,10 @@ otelcorecol:
 genotelcorecol:
 	pushd cmd/builder/ && $(GOCMD) run ./ --skip-compilation --config ../otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml --output-path ../otelcorecol && popd
 
+.PHONY: ocb
+ocb:
+	$(MAKE) -C cmd/builder ocb
+
 DEPENDABOT_PATH=".github/dependabot.yml"
 .PHONY: internal-gendependabot
 internal-gendependabot:
@@ -369,3 +370,7 @@ multimod-verify: install-tools
 multimod-prerelease: install-tools
 	multimod prerelease -v ./versions.yaml -m collector-core
 	$(MAKE) gotidy
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	test -d bin && $(RM) bin/*
diff --git a/Makefile.Common b/Makefile.Common
index 2b31c5d405e..f78d9c138f3 100644
--- a/Makefile.Common
+++ b/Makefile.Common
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ GO_ACC=go-acc
 LINT=golangci-lint
 IMPI=impi
 
+GOOS := $(shell $(GOCMD) env GOOS)
+GOARCH := $(shell $(GOCMD) env GOARCH)
+
 .PHONY: test
 test:
 	$(GOTEST) $(GOTEST_OPT) ./...
diff --git a/cmd/builder/Makefile b/cmd/builder/Makefile
index ded7a36092d..59bde934421 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/Makefile
+++ b/cmd/builder/Makefile
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 include ../../Makefile.Common
+
+.PHONY: ocb
+ocb:
+	GO111MODULE=on CGO_ENABLED=0 $(GOCMD) build -trimpath -o ../../bin/ocb_$(GOOS)_$(GOARCH) .
diff --git a/cmd/builder/internal/command.go b/cmd/builder/internal/command.go
index 3dee3a6e586..e6bc4a86bdf 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/internal/command.go
+++ b/cmd/builder/internal/command.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var (
 // Command is the main entrypoint for this application
 func Command() (*cobra.Command, error) {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:  "builder",
+		Use:  "ocb",
 		Long: fmt.Sprintf("OpenTelemetry Collector distribution builder (%s)", version),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if err := initConfig(); err != nil {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func Command() (*cobra.Command, error) {
 	}
 
 	// the external config file
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "", "config file (default is $HOME/.otelcol-builder.yaml)")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfgFile, "config", "$HOME/.ocb.yaml", "config file (default is $HOME/.ocb.yaml)")
 
 	// the distribution parameters, which we accept as CLI flags as well
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&cfg.SkipCompilation, "skip-compilation", false, "Whether builder should only generate go code with no compile of the collector (default false)")
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ func Command() (*cobra.Command, error) {
 
 func initConfig() error {
 	cfg.Logger.Info("OpenTelemetry Collector distribution builder", zap.String("version", version), zap.String("date", date))
-	// use the default path if there is no config file being specified
-	if cfgFile == "" {
-		cfgFile = "$HOME/.otelcol-builder.yaml"
-	}
+
+	cfg.Logger.Info("Using config file", zap.String("path", cfgFile))
 
 	// load the config file
 	if err := k.Load(file.Provider(cfgFile), yaml.Parser()); err != nil {
@@ -105,6 +103,5 @@ func initConfig() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	cfg.Logger.Info("Using config file", zap.String("path", cfgFile))
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/builder/internal/version.go b/cmd/builder/internal/version.go
index e2ee5887ff8..78a00c549fd 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/internal/version.go
+++ b/cmd/builder/internal/version.go
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ var (
 func versionCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	return &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "version",
-		Short: "Version of opentelemetry-collector-builder",
-		Long:  "Prints the version of opentelemetry-collector-builder binary",
+		Short: "Version of ocb",
+		Long:  "Prints the version of the ocb binary",
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			cmd.Println(fmt.Sprintf("%s version %s", cmd.Parent().Name(), version))
 		},