diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f1b09b..a43eed4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-gophernotes
+build/
 .ipynb_checkpoints
 Untitled*.ipynb
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b841225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+BIN_DIR=build
+BIN=$(BIN_DIR)/gophernotes
+BUILD_OPTS=-v -buildmode exe -trimpath -o ${BIN}
+
+.PHONY: all
+all:
+	[ -d ${BIN_DIR} ] || mkdir -p ${BIN_DIR}
+	go build ${BUILD_OPTS}
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	if [ -f ${BIN} ] ; then rm -v ${BIN} ; fi
+
+.PHONY: clean_notebooks
+clean_notebooks:
+	rm -v Untitled*.ipynb