diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95e3ca29c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# First off, let's fetch in the executables installed with npm
+PATH  := node_modules/.bin:$(PATH)
+
+.PHONY: build
+
+.PHONY: watch
+
+build: processjs processcss processhtml processfiles
+
+watch: watchjs watchcss watchhtml watchfiles
+
+processjs:
+	# Compiling TypeScript to JavaScript...
+	# (according to the configs set in default tsconfig.json)
+	@tsc
+
+	# This hack is required to make the templates/styles consumable with require()
+	@for jsfile in `find dist/app -name '*.js'`; do \
+		sed -i -r -e "s/templateUrl:\s+('.+')/template: require(\1)/g" $$jsfile; \
+		sed -i -r -e "s/styleUrls:\s+\[('.+')\]/styles: \[require(\1).toString()\]/g" $$jsfile; \
+	done
+
+watchjs:
+	@chokidar --verbose 'src/**/*.ts' -c 'make processjs'
+
+processcss:
+	# Compiling LESS to CSS
+	# @TODO: lesshint report & failOnError
+	@for lessfile in `find src -name '*.less'`; do \
+		csspath="$${lessfile/src/dist}"; \
+		cssfile="$${csspath/\.less/\.css}"; \
+		lessc --source-map --autoprefix="last 2 versions" $$lessfile $$cssfile; \
+	done
+
+watchcss:
+	@chokidar --verbose 'src/**/*.less' -c 'make processcss'
+
+processhtml:
+	# Copying HTML over to respective paths in dist directory
+	@for htmlfile in `find src -name '*.html'`; do \
+		htmlname=$$(basename $$htmlfile); \
+		htmlpath="$${htmlfile/src/dist}"; \
+		htmldest="$${htmlpath/$$htmlname/}"; \
+		cp $$htmlfile $$htmldest; \
+	done
+
+watchhtml:
+	@chokidar --verbose 'src/**/*.html' -c 'make processhtml'
+
+processfiles:
+	# Copying LICENSE README.adoc & package.json over to dist/
+	@cp LICENSE README.adoc package.json dist/
+
+watchfiles:
+	@chokidar --verbose 'LICENSE' 'README.adoc' 'package.json' -c 'make processfiles'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d55e57f7c..1c76553a7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
     "@ngrx/effects": "^4.1.1",
     "@ngrx/store": "^4.1.1",
     "@ngrx/store-devtools": "^4.1.1",
+    "chokidar-cli": "^1.2.0",
     "core-js": "^2.5.1",
     "less-plugin-autoprefix": "^1.5.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",