diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 066ad30..0ac91c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 .settings
 .classpath
 bin
+compiled
+game.jar
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..707ba97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.PHONY: clean run
+
+game.jar: clean
+	mkdir -p compiled
+	find src/ -type f -name '*.java' -print0 | xargs -0 javac -cp src/ -d compiled/
+	cp -r res/* compiled/
+	echo 'Main-Class: de.teamteamteam.spacescooter.Main' >compiled/manifest.txt
+	jar cvfe game.jar 'de.teamteamteam.spacescooter.Main' -C compiled de -C compiled images
+
+run: game.jar
+	java -jar game.jar
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf compiled
+	rm -f game.jar