diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml
index d52e3131..6d8280a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration_tests.yml
@@ -22,13 +22,9 @@ jobs:
         version: v0.8.1
     - name: Docker build
       run: |
-        docker build -t gcr.io/linkerd-io/proxy-init:latest .
-        docker build -t buoyantio/iptables-tester:v1 -f integration_test/iptables/Dockerfile-tester ./integration_test
+        make image
+        make tester-image
     - name: Load image into the local KinD cluster
-      run: |
-        kind load docker-image gcr.io/linkerd-io/proxy-init:latest
-        kind load docker-image buoyantio/iptables-tester:v1
+      run: make kind-load
     - name: Run integration tests
-      run: |
-        cd integration_test
-        SKIP_BUILD_TESTER_IMAGE=1 ./run_tests.sh
+      run: SKIP_BUILD_TESTER_IMAGE=1 make integration-test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml
index d3966c01..327b4ec1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static_checks.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,4 @@ jobs:
       # actions/checkout@v2
       uses: actions/checkout@722adc6
     - name: Format
-      run: |
-        gofmt -d .
-        test -z "$(gofmt -d .)"
+      run: make fmt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index f39928fd..9c399bcc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ jobs:
       # actions/checkout@v2
       uses: actions/checkout@722adc6
     - name: Run unit tests
-      run: go test -v ./...
+      run: make test
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e662b75e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+DOCKER_REGISTRY ?= gcr.io/linkerd-io
+REPO = $(DOCKER_REGISTRY)/proxy-init
+TESTER_REPO = buoyantio/iptables-tester
+
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+
+.PHONY: help
+help: ## Show this help
+	@echo 'Info: For integration test using KinD, run make kind-load integration-test'
+	@echo 'Info: For other environments, run make integration-test after having uploaded the images'
+	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+###############
+# Go
+###############
+.PHONY: build
+build: ## Build the project
+	go build -o out/linkerd2-proxy-init main.go
+
+.PHONY: run
+run: ## Run the project
+	go run main.go
+
+.PHONY: test
+test: ## Perform unit test
+	go test -v ./...
+
+.PHONY: fmt
+fmt: ## Check the code formatting
+	gofmt -d .
+	test -z "$(shell gofmt -d .)"
+
+.PHONY: integration-test
+integration-test: image ## Perform integration test
+	cd integration_test && ./run_tests.sh
+
+###############
+# Docker
+###############
+.PHONY: image
+image: ## Build docker image for the project
+	docker build -t $(REPO):latest .
+
+.PHONY: tester-image
+tester-image: ## Build docker image for the tester component
+	docker build -t $(TESTER_REPO):v1 -f ./integration_test/iptables/Dockerfile-tester ./integration_test
+
+.PHONY: kind-load
+kind-load: image tester-image ## Load the required image to KinD cluster
+	kind load docker-image $(REPO):latest
+	kind load docker-image $(TESTER_REPO):v1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44a20fa6..f2ad46ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ Start by building and tagging the `proxy-init` image required for the test:
 
 ```bash
 eval $(minikube docker-env)
-docker build -t gcr.io/linkerd-io/proxy-init:latest .
+make image
 ```
 
 Then run the tests with:
 
 ```bash
-cd integration_test
-./run_tests.sh
+make integration-test
 ```