diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72357f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+all: examples
+
+examples:
+	$(MAKE) -C $@
+
+clean:
+	$(MAKE) -C examples $@
+
+.PHONY: all examples clean
diff --git a/examples/Makefile b/examples/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c93c0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+dirs= creational
+cleandirs= $(dirs:%=clean-%)
+
+all: $(dirs)
+
+$(dirs):
+	$(MAKE) -C $@
+
+clean: $(cleandirs)
+
+$(cleandirs):
+	$(MAKE) -C $(@:clean-%=%) clean
+
+.PHONY: subdirs $(dirs)
+.PHONY: subdirs $(cleandirs)
+.PHONY: all clean
diff --git a/examples/creational/Makefile b/examples/creational/Makefile
index df88196..e553d6a 100644
--- a/examples/creational/Makefile
+++ b/examples/creational/Makefile
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ $(targets): %: %.cpp
 
 clean:
 	$(RM) $(targets)
+
+.PHONY: all clean