diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 64a5d91..a73100c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 *.log
 /.DS_Store
 *~
+/tools/blkpack
+/tools/blkunpack
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78583ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+BLKPACK_TGT = blkpack
+BLKUNPACK_TGT = blkunpack
+TARGETS = $(BLKUNPACK_TGT) $(BLKPACK_TGT)
+
+all: $(TARGETS)
+
+.SUFFIXES: .c .o
+.c.o:
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+$(BLKPACK_TGT): $(BLKPACK_TGT).c
+$(BLKUNPACK_TGT): $(BLKUNPACK_TGT).c
+$(TARGETS):
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $@.c -o $@
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -f $(TARGETS) $(OBJS)