diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1eca2aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+lintroll:
+	# NOTE: disabling `mypy` until we get typing sorted in this repo
+	# mypy -p libp2p -p examples --config-file {toxinidir}/mypy.ini
+	black --check  examples libp2p/__init__.py libp2p/host libp2p/kademlia libp2p/network libp2p/peer libp2p/protocol_muxer libp2p/pubsub/*.py libp2p/routing libp2p/security libp2p/stream_muxer libp2p/transport tests setup.py
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8f20371..c51e854 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ basepython =
 [testenv:lint]
 basepython = python3
 extras = dev
+whitelist_externals = make
 commands =
-    mypy -p libp2p -p examples --config-file {toxinidir}/mypy.ini
-    black --check examples libp2p/__init__.py libp2p/host libp2p/kademlia libp2p/network libp2p/peer libp2p/protocol_muxer libp2p/pubsub/*.py libp2p/routing libp2p/security libp2p/stream_muxer libp2p/transport tests setup.py
+    make lintroll