diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aa885fe..e019f7e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-all: move rmd2md
+PACKAGE := $(shell grep '^Package:' DESCRIPTION | sed -E 's/^Package:[[:space:]]+//')
+RSCRIPT = Rscript --no-init-file
 
 move:
 	cd inst/vign;\
@@ -8,3 +9,24 @@ move:
 rmd2md:
 	cd vignettes;\
 	mv rvertnet_vignette.md rvertnet_vignette.Rmd
+
+all:
+	${RSCRIPT} -e 'library(methods); devtools::compile_dll()'
+
+test:
+	${RSCRIPT} -e 'library(methods); devtools::test()'
+
+doc:
+	@mkdir -p man
+	${RSCRIPT} -e "library(methods); devtools::document()"
+
+install:
+	R CMD INSTALL .
+
+build:
+	R CMD build .
+
+check: build
+	_R_CHECK_CRAN_INCOMING_=FALSE R CMD check --as-cran --no-manual `ls -1tr ${PACKAGE}*gz | tail -n1`
+	@rm -f `ls -1tr ${PACKAGE}*gz | tail -n1`
+	@rm -rf ${PACKAGE}.Rcheck