diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 23b22c3c..3015580b 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ phpstan.neon             export-ignore
 CHANGELOG.md             export-ignore
 CONTRIBUTING.md          export-ignore
 docker-compose.yml       export-ignore
+Makefile                 export-ignore
 README.md                export-ignore
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ea3fc05f..4f24ec41 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ If you have Docker installed, you can quickly get all dependencies for Pest in p
 our Docker files. Assuming you have the repository cloned, you may run the following
 commands:
 
-1. `docker compose build` to build the Docker image
-2. `docker compose run --rm composer install` to install Composer dependencies
-3. `docker compose run --rm composer test` to run the project tests and analysis tools
+1. `make build` to build the Docker image
+2. `make install` to install Composer dependencies
+3. `make test` to run the project tests and analysis tools
 
 If you want to check things work against a specific version of PHP, you may include
 the `PHP` build argument when building the image:
 
 ```bash
-docker compose build --build-arg PHP=8.2
+make build ARGS="--build-arg PHP=8.2"
 ```
 
 The default PHP version will always be the lowest version of PHP supported by Pest.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec4faa84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Well documented Makefiles
+DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+help:
+	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*##"; printf "\nUsage:\n  make \033[36m<target>\033[0m\n"} /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:.*?##/ { printf "  \033[36m%-40s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 } /^##@/ { printf "\n\033[1m%s\033[0m\n", substr($$0, 5) } ' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
+
+build: ## Build all docker images. Specify the command e.g. via make build ARGS="--build-arg PHP=8.2"
+	docker compose build $(ARGS)
+
+##@ [Application]
+install: ## Install the composer dependencies
+	docker compose run --rm composer install
+
+test: ## Run the tests
+	docker compose run --rm composer test