diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index e6c63eb..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-.PHONY: doc test example
-PROG=ansible-cmdb
-
-fake:
-	# NOOP
-
-test:
-	cd test && ./test.sh
-	example/generate.sh
-
-example:
-	PYTHONPATH=lib src/ansible-cmdb -q -i example/hosts example/out example/out_custom > cmdb.html
-
-doc:
-	markdown_py README.md > README.html
-
-clean:
-	rm -rf rel_deb
-	rm -f *.deb
-	rm -f *.tar.gz
-	rm -f *.zip
-	rm -f *.whl
-	rm -f README.html
-	find ./ -name "*.pyc" -delete
-	find ./ -name "__pycache__" -type d -delete
-	rm -f example/gen_*
-	rm -rf example/cmdb/
-	rm -rf build/
-	rm -rf dist/
-	rm -rf src/ansible_cmdb.egg-info/
-
-release_check:
-	@echo "Making release for version $(REL_VERSION)"
-	@if [ -z "$(REL_VERSION)" ]; then echo "REL_VERSION required"; exit 1; fi
-	echo "$(REL_VERSION)" > src/ansiblecmdb/data/VERSION
-
-release: release_check release_src release_deb release_wheel
-
-release_src: release_check clean doc
-	# Cleanup. Only on release, since REL_VERSION doesn't exist otherwise
-	rm -rf $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION)
-
-	# Prepare source
-	mkdir $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION)
-	cp -a src/* $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION)/
-	cp -r lib/* $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION)/
-	cp LICENSE $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION)/
-	cp README.md $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION)/
-	cp contrib/release_Makefile $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION)/Makefile
-	cp contrib/ansible-cmdb.man.1 $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION)/
-
-	# Bump version numbers
-	find $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION)/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/%%MASTER%%/$(REL_VERSION)/g" 
-
-	# Create archives
-	zip -q -r $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION).zip $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION)
-	tar -czf $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION).tar.gz  $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION)
-
-release_deb: release_check clean doc
-	mkdir -p rel_deb/usr/bin
-	mkdir -p rel_deb/usr/lib/${PROG}
-	mkdir -p rel_deb/usr/share/doc/$(PROG)
-	mkdir -p rel_deb/usr/share/man/man1
-
-	# Copy the source to the release directory structure.
-	cp README.md rel_deb/usr/share/doc/$(PROG)/
-	cp README.html rel_deb/usr/share/doc/$(PROG)/
-	cp -r src/* rel_deb/usr/lib/${PROG}/
-	cp -r lib/* rel_deb/usr/lib/${PROG}/
-	ln -s ../lib/$(PROG)/ansible-cmdb rel_deb/usr/bin/ansible-cmdb
-	cp -a contrib/debian/DEBIAN rel_deb/
-	cp contrib/debian/copyright rel_deb/usr/share/doc/$(PROG)/
-	cp contrib/debian/changelog rel_deb/usr/share/doc/$(PROG)/
-	gzip -9 rel_deb/usr/share/doc/$(PROG)/changelog
-	cp -a contrib/ansible-cmdb.man.1 rel_deb/usr/share/man/man1/ansible-cmdb.1
-	gzip -9 rel_deb/usr/share/man/man1/ansible-cmdb.1
-
-	# Bump version numbers
-	find rel_deb/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/%%MASTER%%/$(REL_VERSION)/g" 
-
-	# Create debian pacakge
-	fakeroot dpkg-deb --build rel_deb > /dev/null
-	mv rel_deb.deb $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION).deb
-
-	# Cleanup
-	rm -rf rel_deb
-	rm -rf $(PROG)-$(REL_VERSION)
-
-release_wheel: release_check clean
-	echo "$(REL_VERSION)" > src/ansiblecmdb/data/VERSION
-	python setup.py bdist_wheel --universal
-	mv dist/*.whl .
-	rmdir dist
-	rm -rf build
-	echo `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | tr "[:lower:]" "[:upper:]"` > src/ansiblecmdb/data/VERSION
-
-install:
-	umask 0022 && mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/$(PROG)
-	umask 0022 && mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man1
-	umask 0022 && cp -a src/* /usr/local/lib/$(PROG)
-	umask 0022 && cp -r lib/* /usr/local/lib/$(PROG)
-	umask 0022 && cp LICENSE /usr/local/lib/$(PROG)
-	umask 0022 && cp README.md /usr/local/lib/$(PROG)
-	umask 0022 && gzip -9 -c contrib/ansible-cmdb.man.1 > /usr/local/man/man1/ansible-cmdb.man.1.gz
-	umask 0022 && ln -s /usr/local/lib/ansible-cmdb/ansible-cmdb /usr/local/bin/ansible-cmdb
-
-uninstall:
-	rm -rf /usr/local/lib/$(PROG)
-	rm -rf /usr/local/man/man/ansible-cmdb*
-	rm -rf /usr/local/bin/ansible-cmdb
diff --git a/build.sla b/build.sla
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3b7e91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sla
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+#
+# This is a script containing functions that are used as build rules. You can
+# use the Simple Little Automator (https://github.com/fboender/sla.git) to run
+# these rules, or you can run them directly in your shell:
+#
+#   $ bash -c ". build.sla && test"
+#
+
+PROG="ansible-cmdb"
+
+test () {
+    # Run tests
+    OLD_PWD="$(pwd)"
+	cd test && ./test.sh
+    cd "$OLD_PWD"
+	example/generate.sh
+}
+
+example () {
+    # Generate example cmdb
+	PYTHONPATH=lib src/ansible-cmdb -q -i example/hosts example/out example/out_custom > cmdb.html
+}
+
+doc () {
+    # Generate documentation
+	markdown_py README.md > README.html
+}
+
+clean () {
+    # Remove build artifacts and other trash
+	rm -rf rel_deb
+	rm -f README.html
+	find ./ -name "*.pyc" -delete
+	find ./ -name "__pycache__" -type d -delete
+	rm -f example/gen_*
+	rm -rf example/cmdb/
+	rm -rf build/
+	rm -rf dist/
+	rm -rf src/ansible_cmdb.egg-info/
+}
+
+_release_check() {
+    # Verify and prepare for release
+
+    # Only run this rule once
+    if [ -z "$RELEASE_CHECK_DONE" ]; then
+        RELEASE_CHECK_DONE=1
+
+        # Prepare project for release
+        clean
+        doc
+        mkdir dist
+
+        # Check that REL_VERSION is set
+        if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
+            REL_VERSION="$1"
+            shift
+        else
+            echo "REL_VERSION not set. Aborting" >&2
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        echo "$REL_VERSION" > src/ansiblecmdb/data/VERSION
+    fi
+}
+
+release_src () {
+    # Create release package (source tar.gz)
+    _release_check "$*"
+
+	# Cleanup. Only on release, since REL_VERSION doesn't exist otherwise
+	rm -rf $PROG-$REL_VERSION
+
+	# Prepare source
+	mkdir $PROG-$REL_VERSION
+	cp -a src/* $PROG-$REL_VERSION/
+	cp -r lib/* $PROG-$REL_VERSION/
+	cp LICENSE $PROG-$REL_VERSION/
+	cp README.md $PROG-$REL_VERSION/
+	cp contrib/release_Makefile $PROG-$REL_VERSION/Makefile
+	cp contrib/ansible-cmdb.man.1 $PROG-$REL_VERSION/
+
+	# Bump version numbers
+	find $PROG-$REL_VERSION/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/%%MASTER%%/$REL_VERSION/g" 
+
+	# Create archives
+	zip -q -r dist/$PROG-$REL_VERSION.zip $PROG-$REL_VERSION
+	tar -czf dist/$PROG-$REL_VERSION.tar.gz  $PROG-$REL_VERSION
+
+    # Remove source dir
+    rm -rf $PROG-$REL_VERSION
+}
+
+release_deb () {
+    # Create release package (debian / ubuntu)
+    _release_check "$*"
+
+	mkdir -p rel_deb/usr/bin
+	mkdir -p rel_deb/usr/lib/${PROG}
+	mkdir -p rel_deb/usr/share/doc/$PROG
+	mkdir -p rel_deb/usr/share/man/man1
+
+	# Copy the source to the release directory structure.
+	cp README.md rel_deb/usr/share/doc/$PROG/
+	cp README.html rel_deb/usr/share/doc/$PROG/
+	cp -r src/* rel_deb/usr/lib/${PROG}/
+	cp -r lib/* rel_deb/usr/lib/${PROG}/
+	ln -s ../lib/$PROG/ansible-cmdb rel_deb/usr/bin/ansible-cmdb
+	cp -a contrib/debian/DEBIAN rel_deb/
+	cp contrib/debian/copyright rel_deb/usr/share/doc/$PROG/
+	cp contrib/debian/changelog rel_deb/usr/share/doc/$PROG/
+	gzip -9 rel_deb/usr/share/doc/$PROG/changelog
+	cp -a contrib/ansible-cmdb.man.1 rel_deb/usr/share/man/man1/ansible-cmdb.1
+	gzip -9 rel_deb/usr/share/man/man1/ansible-cmdb.1
+
+	# Bump version numbers
+	find rel_deb/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/%%MASTER%%/$REL_VERSION/g" 
+
+	# Create debian pacakge
+	fakeroot dpkg-deb --build rel_deb > /dev/null
+	mv rel_deb.deb dist/$PROG-$REL_VERSION.deb
+
+	# Cleanup
+	rm -rf rel_deb
+	rm -rf $PROG-$REL_VERSION
+}
+
+release_wheel () {
+    # Create release package (wheel)
+    _release_check "$*"
+
+	python setup.py -q bdist_wheel --universal
+	rm -rf build
+	echo `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | tr "[:lower:]" "[:upper:]"` > src/ansiblecmdb/data/VERSION
+}
+
+release () {
+    # Create release packages
+    release_src "$*"
+    release_deb "$*"
+    release_wheel "$*"
+}
+
+install () {
+    # Install ansible-cmdb
+    PREFIX=${PREFIX:-/usr/local}
+	umask 0022 && mkdir -p $PREFIX/lib/$PROG
+	umask 0022 && mkdir -p $PREFIX/man/man1
+	umask 0022 && cp -a src/* $PREFIX/lib/$PROG
+	umask 0022 && cp -r lib/* $PREFIX/lib/$PROG
+	umask 0022 && cp LICENSE $PREFIX/lib/$PROG
+	umask 0022 && cp README.md $PREFIX/lib/$PROG
+	umask 0022 && gzip -9 -c contrib/ansible-cmdb.man.1 > $PREFIX/man/man1/ansible-cmdb.man.1.gz
+    if [ -f "$PREFIX/bin/ansible-cmdb" ]; then
+        rm "$PREFIX/bin/ansible-cmdb"
+    fi
+	umask 0022 && ln -s $PREFIX/lib/ansible-cmdb/ansible-cmdb $PREFIX/bin/ansible-cmdb
+    echo "Installed in $PREFIX/"
+}
+
+uninstall () {
+    # Uninstall ansible-cmdb
+    PREFIX=${PREFIX:-/usr/local}
+	rm -rf $PREFIX/lib/$PROG
+	rm -rf $PREFIX/man/man/ansible-cmdb*
+	rm -rf $PREFIX/bin/ansible-cmdb
+}
diff --git a/docs/dev.md b/docs/dev.md
index d60f8a6..3f3f8ac 100644
--- a/docs/dev.md
+++ b/docs/dev.md
@@ -52,13 +52,32 @@ If you want to run ansible-cmdb directly from the Git repo:
 
 # Building
 
-## Make targets
+## Build system
 
-For building, `make` is used. Here are some useful targets:
+Ansible-cmdb uses [sla (the Simple Little
+Automator)](https://github.com/fboender/sla) to do builds and run tests.
 
-* `make test`: build some tests.
-* `make release`: build a release.
-* `make clean`: remove build and other artifacts.
+You don't need to have `sla` installed`. You can run rules directly in your
+shell. For example, to run the `test` rule:
+
+	$ . build.sla && test
+
+Sla makes everything much easier though.
+
+## Build targets
+
+The following build targets are available:
+
+- `test`: Run tests
+- `example`: Generate example cmdb
+- `doc`: Generate documentation
+- `clean`: Remove build artifacts and other trash
+- `release_src`: Create release package (source tar.gz)
+- `release_deb`: Create release package (debian / ubuntu)
+- `release_wheel`: Create release package (wheel)
+- `release`: Create release packages
+- `install`: Install ansible-cmdb
+- `uninstall`: Uninstall ansible-cmdb
 
 ## Build packages and source-ball
 
@@ -76,9 +95,9 @@ dependencies:
 
 You can then build the packages with
 
-    make release REL_VERSION=$VERSION
+	sla release <VERSION>
 
-where `$VERSION` is a (arbitrary) version number.
+where `VERSION` is a (arbitrary) version number.
 
 In order to build releases, your repository will have to be completely clean:
 everything must be commited and there must be no untracked files. If you want
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index 555b1f1..abb9a8a 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ Installation from **Git** repository:
 
     git clone git@github.com:fboender/ansible-cmdb.git
     cd ansible-cmdb
-    sudo make install
+	sudo bash -c ". build.sla && install"