diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec905b5..a88abf1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 bin/
 tmp/
+__pycache__/
+libvm.so
+tape_*
+z_disassembled
+
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..916e193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+all: libvm vm
+
+libvm: wrapper.c vm_instructions.c vm_decode.c vm.h
+	gcc -ggdb -shared -Wl,-soname,libvm.so -o libvm.so -fPIC wrapper.c vm_instructions.c vm_decode.c vm.h
+
+vm: vm.h vm.c vm_instructions.c vm_decode.c
+	gcc -ggdb vm.h vm.c vm_instructions.c vm_decode.c -o bin/vm
+
+clean:
+	rm libvm.so bin/vm
+
+production: libvm-production vm-production
+
+libvm-production: wrapper.c vm_instructions.c vm_decode.c vm.h
+	gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libvm.so -o libvm.so -fPIC wrapper.c vm_instructions.c vm_decode.c vm.h
+
+vm-production: vm.h vm.c vm_instructions.c vm_decode.c
+	gcc vm.h vm.c vm_instructions.c vm_decode.c -o vm