diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bc4c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export GO ?= go
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: wireproxy
+
+.PHONY: wireproxy
+wireproxy:
+	tag="$$(git describe --tag 2>/dev/null)" && \
+	${GO} build -ldflags "-X 'main.version=$$tag'" ./cmd/wireproxy
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	${RM} wireproxy
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba2257c..473fcdb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Arguments:
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/octeep/wireproxy
 cd wireproxy
-go build ./cmd/wireproxy
+make
 ```
 
 # Sample config file
diff --git a/cmd/wireproxy/main.go b/cmd/wireproxy/main.go
index 7472e81..22fd8ed 100644
--- a/cmd/wireproxy/main.go
+++ b/cmd/wireproxy/main.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 // an argument to denote that this process was spawned by -d
 const daemonProcess = "daemon-process"
 
-var version = "1.0.4-dev"
+var version = "1.0.5-dev"
 
 // attempts to pledge and panic if it fails
 // this does nothing on non-OpenBSD systems