diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d12d506b1d..7cddd073f0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ callgrind.out.*
 deps/curl-7.54.1/**/*.o
 deps/curl-7.54.1/**/.dirstamp
 config.log
+deps-build/**
+.idea
+cmake-build-debug/**
+cmake-build/**
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94077811c3..033bff93a1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ if (LINUX)
     find_library(CRYPTO_LIB libcrypto.a PATHS deps-build/${PLATFORM}/openssl/lib/ REQUIRED)
     find_library(AWS_CORE_LIB libaws-cpp-sdk-core.a PATHS deps-build/${PLATFORM}/aws/lib64/ REQUIRED)
     find_library(AWS_S3_LIB libaws-cpp-sdk-s3.a PATHS deps-build/${PLATFORM}/aws/lib64/ REQUIRED)
-    find_library(AZURE_STORAGE_LITE_LIB libazure-storage-lite.a PATHS deps-build/${PLATFORM}/azure/lib64/ REQUIRED)
+    find_library(AZURE_STORAGE_LITE_LIB libazure-storage-lite.a PATHS deps-build/${PLATFORM}/azure/lib/ REQUIRED)
     find_library(UUID_LIB libuuid.a PATHS deps-build/${PLATFORM}/uuid/lib/ REQUIRED)
 endif ()
 
diff --git a/deps/openssl-1.1.1b.tar.gz b/deps/openssl-1.1.1b.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..242316d4ae
Binary files /dev/null and b/deps/openssl-1.1.1b.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/deps/util-linux.tar.gz b/deps/util-linux.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0e49443a7
Binary files /dev/null and b/deps/util-linux.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/scripts/build_azuresdk.sh b/scripts/build_azuresdk.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2d139223ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_azuresdk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+#
+# build azure-cpp-lite
+#
+function usage() {
+    echo "Usage: `basename $0` [-t <Release|Debug>]"
+    echo "Build AZURE SDK"
+    echo "-t <Release/Debug> : Release or Debug builds"
+    exit 2
+}
+set -o pipefail
+
+export CC="/usr/lib64/ccache/gcc52 -g"
+export CXX="/usr/lib64/ccache/g++52 -g"
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+source $DIR/_init.sh $@
+AZURE_SOURCE_DIR=$DEPS_DIR/azure-storage-cpplite
+AZURE_BUILD_DIR=$DEPENDENCY_DIR/azure
+AZURE_CMAKE_BUILD_DIR=$AZURE_SOURCE_DIR/cmake-build
+
+GIT_REPO="https://github.com/snowflakedb/azure-storage-cpplite.git"
+CLONE_CMD="git clone -b master $GIT_REPO $AZURE_SOURCE_DIR"
+VERSION="v0.1.1"
+
+if [ ! -d $AZURE_SOURCE_DIR ]; then
+  n=0 
+  # retry 5 times on cloning
+  until [ $n -ge 5 ] 
+  do
+    if $CLONE_CMD ; then
+      break
+    fi  
+    n=$[$n+1]
+  done
+  
+  if [ ! -d $AZURE_SOURCE_DIR ]; then
+    echo "[Error] failed to clone repo from $GIT_REPO"
+    exit 1
+  fi  
+
+  cd $AZURE_SOURCE_DIR
+  git checkout tags/$VERSION -b $VERSION
+else
+  cd $AZURE_SOURCE_DIR
+  git fetch
+  git checkout tags/$VERSION -b $VERSION || true
+fi
+
+
+azure_configure_opts=()
+if [[ "$target" != "Release" ]]; then
+    azure_configure_opts+=("-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug")
+    AZURE_CMAKE_BUILD_DIR=$AZURE_SOURCE_DIR/cmake-build-debug
+else
+    azure_configure_opts+=("-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release")
+fi
+azure_configure_opts+=(
+    "-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=OFF"
+    "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$GCC"
+    "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$GXX"
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$AZURE_BUILD_DIR"
+    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF"
+    "-DUSE_OPENSSL=true"
+    "-DOPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER=0x11100000L"
+    "-DBUILD_SAMPLES=true"
+    "-DBUILD_TESTS=false"
+    "-DOPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=$DEPENDENCY_DIR/openssl/include"
+    "-DOPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY=$DEPENDENCY_DIR/openssl/lib/libcrypto.a"
+    "-DOPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY=$DEPENDENCY_DIR/openssl/lib/libssl.a"
+    "-DUUID_INCLUDE_DIR=$DEPENDENCY_DIR/uuid/include"
+    "-DUUID_LIBRARIES=$DEPENDENCY_DIR/uuid/lib/libuuid.a"
+    "-DCURL_INCLUDE_DIRS=$DEPENDENCY_DIR/curl/include"
+    "-DCURL_LIBRARIES=$DEPENDENCY_DIR/curl/lib/libcurl.a"
+    "-DEXTRA_INCLUDE=$DEPENDENCY_DIR/zlib/include"
+)
+
+
+ADDITIONAL_CXXFLAGS=
+if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "darwin" ]]; then
+    azure_configure_opts+=("-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=x86_64;i386")
+    ADDITIONAL_CXXFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=10.11"
+fi
+
+rm -rf $AZURE_BUILD_DIR
+rm -rf $AZURE_CMAKE_BUILD_DIR
+mkdir $AZURE_BUILD_DIR
+mkdir $AZURE_CMAKE_BUILD_DIR
+
+export GIT_DIR=/tmp
+
+cd $AZURE_CMAKE_BUILD_DIR
+$CMAKE -E env CXXFLAGS=$ADDITIONAL_CXXFLAGS $CMAKE ${azure_configure_opts[@]} -DEXTRA_LIBRARIES="-lrt -ldl -pthread $DEPENDENCY_DIR/zlib/lib/libz.a" ../
+    
+make
+make install
+
+#make install does not do much here
+cp -dfr $AZURE_SOURCE_DIR/include $DEPENDENCY_DIR/azure/
+mkdir -p $DEPENDENCY_DIR/azure/lib
+cp -dfr $AZURE_CMAKE_BUILD_DIR/libazure-storage-lite.a $DEPENDENCY_DIR/azure/lib/
diff --git a/scripts/build_dependencies.sh b/scripts/build_dependencies.sh
index 116ed47d75..a51234f176 100755
--- a/scripts/build_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_dependencies.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ function usage() {
 set -o pipefail
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 target=Debug
-source $DIR/_init.sh
+source $DIR/_init.sh $@
 source $DIR/build_openssl.sh -t $target
 source $DIR/build_curl.sh    -t $target
 source $DIR/build_awssdk.sh  -t $target
 source $DIR/build_cmocka.sh  -t Debug
+source $DIR/build_uuid.sh    -t $target
+$DIR/build_azuresdk.sh -t $target
diff --git a/scripts/build_libsnowflakeclient.sh b/scripts/build_libsnowflakeclient.sh
index a6d6325769..efe6ea7f82 100755
--- a/scripts/build_libsnowflakeclient.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_libsnowflakeclient.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function usage() {
 set -o pipefail
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-source $DIR/_init.sh
+source $DIR/_init.sh $@
 
 cd $DIR/..
 rm -rf cmake-build
diff --git a/scripts/build_openssl.sh b/scripts/build_openssl.sh
index 76c1a7188e..f8e3453938 100755
--- a/scripts/build_openssl.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_openssl.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ function usage() {
 set -o pipefail
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-source $DIR/_init.sh
-OPENSSL_SOURCE_DIR=$DEPS_DIR/openssl-1.1.1a/
+source $DIR/_init.sh $@
+
+OPENSSL_TAR_GZ=$DEPS_DIR/openssl-1.1.1b.tar.gz
+OPENSSL_SOURCE_DIR=$DEPS_DIR/openssl-1.1.1b/
+
+tar -xzf $OPENSSL_TAR_GZ -C $DEPS_DIR
 
 # build openssl
 OPENSSL_BUILD_DIR=$DEPENDENCY_DIR/openssl
diff --git a/scripts/build_uuid.sh b/scripts/build_uuid.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3c8e67dd43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_uuid.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+#
+# Build libuuid
+#
+
+set -o pipefail
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+source $DIR/_init.sh $@
+
+UTIL_LINUX_TAR_GZ=$DEPS_DIR/util-linux.tar.gz
+SOURCE_DIR=$DEPS_DIR/util-linux
+
+tar -xzf $UTIL_LINUX_TAR_GZ -C $DEPS_DIR
+
+if [ ! -d "$SOURCE_DIR" ] ; then
+    echo "Could not extract $UTIL_LINUX_TAR_GZ" 
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+cd $SOURCE_DIR
+
+if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "linux" ]]; then
+    echo "Generating UUID build system"
+    ./autogen.sh || true
+#    Make sure the compiled binary is position independent as ODBC is a shared library
+    export CFLAGS="-fPIC"
+    export AL_OPTS="-I/usr/share/aclocal"
+    ./configure --disable-all-programs --enable-libuuid --prefix=$DEPENDENCY_DIR/uuid  || true
+    echo "Compiling UUID source"
+    make install  || true
+else
+    echo "[ERROR] Unknown platform: $PLATFORM"
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/build_zlib.sh b/scripts/build_zlib.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d0cc119d1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_zlib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+#
+# Build zlib
+#
+function usage() {
+    echo "Usage: `basename $0` [-t <Release|Debug>]"
+    echo "Builds zlib"
+    echo "-t <Release/Debug> : Release or Debug builds"
+    exit 2
+}
+set -o pipefail
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+SOURCE_DIR=$DIR/../deps/zlib-1.2.11
+source $DIR/_init.sh $@
+
+# init environment
+#init_environment $DIR
+
+# build
+BUILD_DIR=../deps-build/linux/zlib
+rm -rf $BUILD_DIR
+mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR
+
+zlib_config_opts=()
+zlib_config_opts+=(
+    "--static"
+    "--prefix=$BUILD_DIR"
+)
+cd $SOURCE_DIR
+if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "linux" ]]; then
+    # Linux 64 bit
+    export CC=gcc52
+    if [ -e "Makefile" ] ; then
+        make distclean clean > /dev/null || true
+    fi
+    ./configure ${zlib_config_opts[@]} > /dev/null || true
+    make install > /dev/null || true
+else
+    echo "[ERROR] Unknown platform: $PLATFORM"
+    exit 1
+fi