diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a339c5cf..deae0bae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@ tags
 syntax.include
 syntax.auto.h
 pcre_constants.include
-Makefile
 junk
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ad93196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+default:
+	@echo "No target defined"
+
+.PHONY: build
+build:
+ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
+	( source build.macos.env.sh && mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. && make )
+else
+	( mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. && make )
+endif
+
+.PHONY: install
+install: build
+	(cd build && sudo make install)
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -rf build
diff --git a/install-linux.sh b/install-linux.sh
index 8aa8fb99..584a2679 100755
--- a/install-linux.sh
+++ b/install-linux.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-sudo apt-get -y install libgc-dev libffi6 libffi-dev libjson-c-dev peg libpcre3-dev make cmake pandoc pkg-config build-essential
+set -e
+
+sudo apt-get install -y libgc-dev libffi6 libffi-dev libjson-c-dev peg libpcre3-dev make cmake pandoc pkg-config build-essential
 sudo type awk || sudo apt-get install gawk
 
-mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make && sudo make install
+make install
diff --git a/install-mac.sh b/install-mac.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c9f63efb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install-mac.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+brew install libgc libffi peg cmake pandoc awk make
+
+make install