diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 764ea0b1..c9d198e7 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,12 +8,18 @@ setuptools-*
 .svn/*
 .DS_Store
 *.so
+.Python
 distribute-0.6.8-py2.6.egg
 distribute-0.6.8.tar.gz
 gunicorn.egg-info
 nohup.out
 .coverage
 doc/.sass-cache
+bin/
+lib/
+man/
+include/
+html/
 examples/frameworks/pylonstest/PasteScript*
 examples/frameworks/pylonstest/pylonstest.egg-info/
 examples/frameworks/django/testing/testdb.sql
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f17f19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+build:
+	virtualenv --no-site-packages .
+	bin/python setup.py develop
+	bin/pip install coverage
+	bin/pip install nose
+
+test:
+	bin/nosetests
+
+coverage:
+	bin/nosetests --with-coverage --cover-html --cover-html-dir=html \
+		--cover-package=gunicorn
+
+clean:
+	@rm -rf .Python bin lib include man build html