diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index becd33c..7868066 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 FROM fullstorydev/grpcurl AS grpcurl
 FROM alpine
 
-RUN apk add curl
+RUN apk add --no-cache curl jq bind-tools tcpdump
 
 COPY --from=grpcurl /bin/grpcurl /bin/grpcurl
 
-
 ENTRYPOINT ["tail", "-f", "/dev/null"]
-
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ea02cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.PHONY: image
+
+IMAGE_NAME = "ghcr.io/troydai/toolbox"
+
+image:
+	@ echo "Building image $(IMAGE_NAME):latest"
+	@ docker build -q -t $(IMAGE_NAME):latest .
+
+sanity-test: image
+	@ echo "Running sanity test locally"
+	@ docker run --rm --entrypoint '' $(IMAGE_NAME):latest curl -s www.httpbin.org/ip
+
+sanity-sh: image
+	@ echo "Running a sh shell in the container for testing locally"
+	@ docker run --rm -it --entrypoint 'sh' $(IMAGE_NAME):latest
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24571f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Toolbox image
+
+A docker image that comes with tools I need for debugging purposes.
+
+## Installed tools
+
+- grpcurl
+- curl
+- jq
+- dig
+- tcpdump
+
+## Make targets
+
+- image: build the docker image locally
+- sanity-test: run a sanity test against the local build image
+- sanity-sh: run a shell in the locally built image interactively