diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6b39d31..f949d1f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /target
-.idea/
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+/.idea
+/release
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b300753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+all:
+	cargo build --release && mv ./target/release/mandelplot .
+
+cross:
+	rm -rf release/
+	mkdir release
+	mkdir release/mandelplot_linux_amd64
+	mkdir release/mandelplot_windows_amd64
+	cp LICENSE release/mandelplot_windows_amd64/
+	cp LICENSE release/mandelplot_linux_amd64/
+
+	cargo build --release --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+	mv ./target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/mandelplot ./release/mandelplot_linux_amd64
+
+	cargo build --release --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+	mv ./target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/mandelplot.exe ./release/mandelplot_windows_amd64
+
+	cd release/ && zip -r mandelplot_linux_amd64 mandelplot_linux_amd64/
+	cd release/ && zip -r mandelplot_windows_amd64 mandelplot_windows_amd64/
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