diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b2e2e2..6f1695e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+# exclude project binary
+f8prog
+
+# exclude project dirs
 build/
 firmware/
+.ccls-cache/
 
 # ---> C
 # Prerequisites
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a64b886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+## Compiler settings
+CC			= cc
+CFLAGS  	= -Wall
+LDFLAGS 	=
+
+## Project settings
+TARGET		= f8prog		## name of the application
+
+## Paths
+SRC 	= $(wildcard src/*.c)
+OFILES  = $(patsubst src%, build%, $(patsubst src/%.c, build/%.o, $(SRC)))
+
+
+$(TARGET): ./build $(OFILES)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OFILES) -o $(TARGET) $(LDFLAGS)
+
+%.o: ../src/%.c 
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $^ -o $@
+ 
+./build:
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(OFILES) 
+	rm -f $(TARGET) 
+	rm -rf ./build
+
+test: $(TARGET)
+	./$(TARGET)
+
+options:
+	@echo $(TARGET) build options:
+	@echo "CFLAGS	= ${CFLAGS}"
+	@echo "LDFLAGS	= ${LDFLAGS}"
+	@echo "CC		= ${CC}"
+
+.PHONY: options clean test