diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a20a852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Makefile for lorax
+
+PYTHON  ?= /usr/bin/python
+DESTDIR ?= /
+
+all:
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py build
+
+install:
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py install --root $(DESTDIR)
+
+clean:
+	-rm -rf build
+	-git clean -d -x -f
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 73e91f1a..619b6bb7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-import distutils
+from distutils.core import setup
 import glob
 
-distutils.core.setup(name='lorax',
-                     version='0.1',
-                     description='Boot image build tool',
-                     author='David Cantrell',
-                     author_email='dcantrell@redhat.com',
-                     license='GPLv2+',
-                     package_dir = {'': 'src'},
-                     packages = ['pylorax'],
-                     scripts = ['src/bin/lorax.py'],
-                     data_files = [('/usr/share/lorax', glob.glob('share/*'),
-                                   ('/etc/lorax', glob.glob('etc/*')]
-                    )
+setup(name='lorax',
+      version='0.1',
+      description='Boot image build tool',
+      author='David Cantrell',
+      author_email='dcantrell@redhat.com',
+      license='GPLv2+',
+      package_dir = {'': 'src'},
+      packages = ['pylorax'],
+      scripts = ['src/bin/lorax.py'],
+      data_files = [('/usr/share/lorax', glob.glob('share/*')),
+                    ('/etc/lorax', glob.glob('etc/*'))]
+     )