diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e59f60d3a..3318bdb38 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ include *.rst
 include .gitattributes
 include .travis.yml
 include COPYING
+include Makefile
 include selftest.py tox.ini
 recursive-include Sane *.c *.txt CHANGES README *.py
 recursive-include Scripts *.py README
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e5421cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pre:
+	bin/python selftest.py
+	bin/python Tests/run.py
+	check-manifest
+	pyroma .
+	viewdoc