diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5a5f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+PYTHON=python3
+PYCODESTYLE=pycodestyle
+
+.DEFAULT_GOAL = help
+
+help:
+	@echo "The following targets are supported:"
+	@echo " setup   install required packages"
+	@echo " test	run the tests"
+
+
+setup:
+	pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+
+test:
+	${PYCODESTYLE} *.py
+	${PYTHON} -m pytest
+
+clean:
+	@echo "cleaning"
+
+.PHONY: setup test clean help
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cbc7c45..706464a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 flask
 flask_flatpages
+
+pytest
+pytest-cov
+requests
+pycodestyle
+codecov