diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c0484f39c..6c955a1af 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,33 @@
+###### Help ###################################################################
 
-.PHONY: test
-test:
-	[ -z "`gofmt -s -w -l -e .`" ]
-	go vet
+.DEFAULT_GOAL = help
+
+.PHONY: help
+
+help:  ## list Makefile targets
+	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+###### Targets ################################################################
+
+test: version download fmt vet ginkgo ## Runs all build, static analysis, and test steps
+
+download: ## Download dependencies
+	go mod download
+
+vet: ## Run static code analysis
+	go vet ./...
+
+ginkgo: ## Run tests using Ginkgo
 	go run github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo -p -r --randomizeAllSpecs --failOnPending --randomizeSuites --race
 
-docker_test:
+fmt: ## Checks that the code is formatted correcty
+	@@if [ -n "$$(gofmt -s -e -l -d .)" ]; then                   \
+		echo "gofmt check failed: run 'gofmt -d -e -l -w .'"; \
+		exit 1;                                               \
+	fi
+
+docker_test: ## Run tests in a container via docker-compose
 	docker-compose build test && docker-compose run --rm test make test
+
+version: ## Display the version of Go
+	@@go version