diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41ead85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# This Makefile is intended for developer convenience.  For the most part
+# all the targets here simply wrap calls to the `cargo` tool.  Therefore,
+# most targets must be marked 'PHONY' to prevent `make` getting in the way
+#
+#prog :=xnixperms
+
+DESTDIR ?=
+PREFIX ?= /usr/local
+BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
+
+SELINUXOPT ?= $(shell test -x /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled && selinuxenabled && echo -Z)
+# Get crate version by parsing the line that starts with version.
+CRATE_VERSION ?= $(shell grep ^version Cargo.toml | awk '{print $$3}')
+GIT_TAG ?= $(shell git describe --tags)
+
+# Set this to any non-empty string to enable unoptimized
+# build w/ debugging features.
+debug ?=
+
+# Set path to cargo executable
+CARGO ?= cargo
+
+# All complication artifacts, including dependencies and intermediates
+# will be stored here, for all architectures.  Use a non-default name
+# since the (default) 'target' is used/referenced ambiguously in many
+# places in the tool-chain (including 'make' itself).
+CARGO_TARGET_DIR ?= targets
+export CARGO_TARGET_DIR  # 'cargo' is sensitive to this env. var. value.
+
+ifdef debug
+$(info debug is $(debug))
+  # These affect both $(CARGO_TARGET_DIR) layout and contents
+  # Ref: https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/build-cache.html
+  release :=
+  profile :=debug
+else
+  release :=--release
+  profile :=release
+endif
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: build
+
+bin:
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+$(CARGO_TARGET_DIR):
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+.PHONY: build
+build: bin $(CARGO_TARGET_DIR)
+	$(CARGO) build $(release)
+	cp $(CARGO_TARGET_DIR)/$(profile)/crun-vm bin/crun-vm$(if $(debug),.debug,)
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -rf bin
+	if [ "$(CARGO_TARGET_DIR)" = "targets" ]; then rm -rf targets; fi
+
+.PHONY: install
+install:
+	install ${SELINUXOPT} -D -m0755 bin/crun-vm $(DESTDIR)/$(BINDIR)/crun-vm
+
+.PHONY: uninstall
+uninstall:
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)/$(BINDIR)/crun-vm
+
+#.PHONY: unit
+unit: $(CARGO_TARGET_DIR)
+	$(SHELL) test.sh podman
+
+#.PHONY: code_coverage
+code_coverage: $(CARGO_TARGET_DIR)
+	# Downloads tarpaulin only if same version is not present on local
+	$(CARGO) install cargo-tarpaulin
+	$(CARGO) tarpaulin -v
+
+.PHONY: validate
+validate: $(CARGO_TARGET_DIR)
+	$(SHELL) lint.sh
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index a42c23c..e9744c1 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ for engine in "$@"; do
     done
 done
 
-__log_and_run cargo nextest run \
-    --all-targets --all-features --failure-output=never \
-    -- "${@/#/test_run::engine_}"
+nextest_run=(
+    nextest run \
+        --all-targets --all-features --failure-output=never \
+        -- "${@/#/test_run::engine_}""
+    )
+
+if command -v cargo-nextest &> /dev/null; then
+    __log_and_run cargo "${nextest_run[@]}"
+else
+    __log_and_run "${nextest_run[@]}"
+fi