diff --git a/.cargo/config b/.cargo/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b086373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# vim: ft=toml
+[build]
+target-dir = "out/target"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4d7b925..e79787c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Generated by Cargo
 # will have compiled files and executables
 debug/
-target/
+out/
 
 # Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
 # More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b70edac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+PQ_VER ?= 11.12
+SSL_VER ?= 1.1.1k
+
+OUT_DIR ?= out/deps
+
+export CC = musl-gcc -fPIC -pie -static
+
+# TODO check for header files (openssl-dev, libpq-dev) both for Arch & Ubuntu
+
+
+all: openssl
+.PHONY: all
+
+
+# =====OPENSSL=====
+# Download the source code
+$(OUT_DIR)/openssl-$(SSL_VER)/Configure:
+	mkdir -p '$(OUT_DIR)'
+	curl -sSL "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-$(SSL_VER).tar.gz" | \
+		tar -C "$(OUT_DIR)" -xz
+
+# Build OpenSSL
+openssl: $(OUT_DIR)/openssl-$(SSL_VER)/Configure
+.PHONY: openssl