diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5cc187d..78634e5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ dkms.conf
 
 # project specific for c-basic
 huffman/testfiles/*
-huffman/testfiles/
 bin
 */bin
+obj
+*/obj
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9402a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# see https://opensource.com/article/18/8/what-how-makefile
+# Usage:
+# make        # compile all binary
+# make clean  # remove ALL binaries and objects
+
+.PHONY = all clean
+
+SRCS := $(wildcard *.c)
+BINS := $(SRCS:%.c=%)
+
+all: ${BINS}
+
+%: %.o
+		@echo "Linking..."
+		gcc $< -o bin/$@ -lm
+
+%.o: %.c
+		echo "Creating object..."
+		gcc -c $< -o obj/
+
+clean:
+		@echo "Cleaning up..."
+		rm -rvf *.o ${BINS}