diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f702b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.PHONY: init
+init:
+	cd virtme_ng_init && cargo install --path . --root ../virtme/guest
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9d3f299..cc7cf7e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -59,10 +59,7 @@ def run(self):
         print(f"BUILD_VIRTME_NG_INIT: {build_virtme_ng_init}")
         # Build virtme-ng-init
         if build_virtme_ng_init:
-            check_call(
-                ["cargo", "install", "--path", ".", "--root", "../virtme/guest"],
-                cwd="virtme_ng_init",
-            )
+            check_call(["make", "init"])
             check_call(
                 ["strip", "-s", "../virtme/guest/bin/virtme-ng-init"],
                 cwd="virtme_ng_init",