diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bec223b82..2d587e674 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ vendor
 # Mac temp files.
 .DS_Store
 
-# binary
+# app files.
 neb
 debug
+vet.report
 
 # ide files.
 .idea
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c8cb0f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2017 go-nebulas authors
+#
+# This file is part of the go-nebulas library.
+#
+# the go-nebulas library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# the go-nebulas library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with the go-nebulas library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+VERSION?=0.1
+COMMIT=$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
+BRANCH=$(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+
+CURRENT_DIR=$(shell pwd)
+BUILD_DIR=${CURRENT_DIR}
+BINARY_BUILD_DIR=${BUILD_DIR}/cmd/neb
+BINARY=${BUILD_DIR}/neb
+
+VET_REPORT=vet.report
+
+# Setup the -ldflags option for go build here, interpolate the variable values
+LDFLAGS = -ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.COMMIT=${COMMIT} -X main.BRANCH=${BRANCH}"
+
+# Build the project
+.PHONY: build clean dep run
+
+all: clean vet fmt build
+
+dep:
+	cd ${BUILD_DIR}
+	dep ensure
+
+build:
+	cd ${BINARY_BUILD_DIR}; \
+	go build ${LDFLAGS} -o ${BINARY}
+
+vet:
+	go vet $$(go list ./...) 2>&1 | tee ${VET_REPORT}
+
+fmt:
+	go fmt $$(go list ./...)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f ${VET_REPORT}
+	rm -f ${BINARY}