diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..f08821d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+/purple
 /target
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c369d50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+run:
+	cargo build
+	rm -rf purple/plugins
+	mkdir -p purple/plugins
+	ln -s ../../target/debug/libpurple_delta.so purple/plugins/libpurple_delta.so
+	ldd purple/plugins/libpurple_delta.so
+	pidgin -d -c purple