diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c36004a3..13d30627 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/build
 /cache
 /shims
 /version
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc3a6032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+test: build/bats/bin/bats
+	build/bats/bin/bats --tap test plugins/python-build/test
+
+build/bats/bin/bats:
+	git clone https://github.com/sstephenson/bats.git build/bats
+
+.PHONY: test