diff --git a/Makefile.help b/Makefile.help
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fc9831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.help
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+all:
+	@echo "make log       # watch the virtigo daemon log"
+	@echo "make status    # show the systemd status of virtigod"
+	@echo "make restart   # restart virtigod"
+	@echo "make enable    # enable virtigod on boot"
+
+log:
+	@journalctl -f -xeu virtigod.service
+
+status:
+	systemctl status virtigod.service
+
+enable:
+	systemctl enable virtigod.service
+
+restart:
+	systemctl stop virtigod.service
+	systemctl start virtigod.service
diff --git a/build b/build
index fc9df55..c6e7f06 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 # this is the systemd control file
 mkdir -p  files/lib/systemd/system/
 cp virtigod.service files/lib/systemd/system/
+
+mkdir -p  files/usr/lib/virtigod/
+cp Makefile.help files/usr/lib/virtigod/Makefile