diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eccd7b4a..e8da9172 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /target/
 **/*.rs.bk
+perf.*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23b9a17a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+FAKTORY_HOST=127.0.0.1
+FAKTORY_PORT=7419
+FAKTORY_PORT_UI=7420
+
+.PHONY: check
+check:
+	cargo fmt --check
+	cargo clippy
+	cargo d --no-deps --all-features
+
+.PHONY: doc
+doc:
+	RUSTDOCFLAGS='--cfg docsrs' cargo +nightly d --all-features --open
+
+.PHONY: faktory
+faktory:
+	docker run --rm -d \
+	-v faktory-data:/var/lib/faktory \
+	-p ${FAKTORY_HOST}:${FAKTORY_PORT}:7419 \
+	-p ${FAKTORY_HOST}:${FAKTORY_PORT_UI}:7420 \
+	--name faktory \
+	contribsys/faktory:latest \
+	/faktory -b :7419 -w :7420
+
+.PHONY: faktory/kill
+faktory/kill:
+	docker stop faktory
+
+README.md: README.tpl src/lib.rs
+	cargo readme > README.md
+
+.PHONY: test
+test:
+	cargo t --locked --all-features --all-targets
+
+.PHONY: test/doc
+test/doc:
+	cargo test --locked --all-features --doc
+
+.PHONY: test/e2e
+test/e2e:
+	FAKTORY_URL=tcp://${FAKTORY_HOST}:${FAKTORY_PORT} cargo test --locked --all-features --all-targets
+
+.PHONY: test/load
+test/load:
+	cargo run --release --features binaries
+
+.PHONY: test/perf
+test/perf:
+	CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_DEBUG=true cargo flamegraph -o perf.flamegraph.svg -f binaries -b loadtest
+
+.PHONY: test/perf/clean
+test/perf/clean:
+	rm perf.*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 299f924d..75ab8eb8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,3 +74,7 @@ After that run the tests:
 FAKTORY_URL=tcp://127.0.0.1:7419 cargo test --all-features --locked --all-targets
 ```
 Please note that setting "FAKTORY_URL" environment variable is required for e2e tests to not be skipped.
+
+Provided you have [make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/#download) installed and `docker` daemon running,
+you can launch a `Faktory` container with `make faktory` command. After that, hit `make test/e2e` to run the end-to-end test suite.
+Remove the container with `make faktory/kill`, if it's no longer needed.
diff --git a/README.tpl b/README.tpl
index f1ec8085..4a74e9d1 100644
--- a/README.tpl
+++ b/README.tpl
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ After that run the tests:
 FAKTORY_URL=tcp://127.0.0.1:7419 cargo test --all-features --locked --all-targets
 ```
 Please note that setting "FAKTORY_URL" environment variable is required for e2e tests to not be skipped.
+
+Provided you have [make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/#download) installed and `docker` daemon running,
+you can launch a `Faktory` container with `make faktory` command. After that, hit `make test/e2e` to run the end-to-end test suite.
+Remove the container with `make faktory/kill`, if it's no longer needed.