diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index e69de29..36cfc13 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make
+
+MAKEFILE_PATH	:= $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
+MAKEDIR			:= $(notdir $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(MAKEFILE_PATH))))
+
+# Overrideable parameters
+BUILDDIR      ?= ${MAKEDIR}/build
+VENV_DIR      ?= ${BUILDDIR}/virtualenv
+SALT_FILE_DIR ?= ${BUILDDIR}/file_root
+SALT_PILLAR_DIR ?= ${BUILDDIR}/pillar_root
+SALT_VERSION  ?=
+
+ifndef SALT_VERSION
+	PIP_SALT_VERSION :=
+else
+	PIP_SALT_VERSION := "==${SALT_VERSION}"
+endif
+
+test: setup-virtualenv setup-salt
+	@echo test
+
+setup-salt:
+	@echo "Setting up Salt environment"
+	(test -d ${SALT_FILE_DIR} || \
+		mkdir -p ${SALT_FILE_DIR})
+	(test -d ${SALT_PILLAR_DIR} || \
+		mkdir -p ${SALT_PILLAR_DIR})
+
+
+setup-virtualenv:
+	@echo "Setting up Python virtualenv"
+	(test -d ${BUILDDIR} || \
+		mkdir -p ${BUILDDIR})
+	virtualenv ${VENV_DIR}
+	@echo "Installing Salt ${PIP_SALT_VERSION}"
+	(. ${BUILDDIR}/virtualenv/bin/activate && \
+		pip install salt${PIP_SALT_VERSION})
+
+clean:
+	@echo "Cleaning up ${BUILDDIR}"
+	rm -rf ${BUILDDIR}