diff --git a/ocaml/Makefile b/ocaml/Makefile
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+.PHONY: all clean install build
+all: build test doc
+
+NAME=xcp-api-client
+
+LWT ?= $(shell if ocamlfind query lwt.ssl >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo --enable-lwt; fi)
+ASYNC ?= $(shell if ocamlfind query async_core >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo --enable-async; fi)
+MIRAGE ?= $(shell if ocamlfind query mirage-net >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo --enable-mirage; fi)
+ifneq ($(MIRAGE_OS),xen)
+TESTS ?= --enable-tests
+endif
+# disabled by default as they hang at the moment for Async
+# NETTESTS ?= --enable-nettests
+
+setup.bin: setup.ml
+	ocamlopt.opt -o $@ $< || ocamlopt -o $@ $< || ocamlc -o $@ $<
+	rm -f setup.cmx setup.cmi setup.o setup.cmo
+
+setup.data: setup.bin
+	./setup.bin -configure $(LWT) $(TESTS) $(ASYNC) #$(MIRAGE) $(NETTESTS)
+
+build: setup.data setup.bin
+	./setup.bin -build
+
+doc: setup.data setup.bin
+	./setup.bin -doc
+
+install: setup.bin
+	./setup.bin -install
+
+test: setup.bin build
+	./setup.bin -test
+
+fulltest: setup.bin build
+	./setup.bin -test
+
+reinstall: setup.bin
+	ocamlfind remove $(NAME) || true
+	./setup.bin -reinstall
+
+clean:
+	ocamlbuild -clean
+	rm -f setup.data setup.log setup.bin