diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58ea8aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.PHONY: *
+
+help: ## display this help
+	@awk 'BEGIN{FS = ":.*##"; printf "\033[1m\nUsage\n \033[1;92m make\033[0;36m <target>\033[0m\n"} /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:.*?##/ { printf "  \033[36m%-15s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 } ' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
+
+test: ## run pytest
+	python -m pytest
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 98ea838..7e5c31b 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
           pkgs.mkShell {
             packages = [
               pythonEnv
+              pkgs.gnumake
               pkgs.nixos-shell
               # We only take this dependency for htpasswd, which is a little unfortunate
               pkgs.apacheHttpd