diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9a08d610b..55d5c2e52 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Define the default target now so that it is always the first target
-BUILD_TARGETS = main quantize quantize-stats perplexity embedding vdot
+BUILD_TARGETS = main quantize quantize-stats perplexity embedding vdot simple
 
 ifdef LLAMA_BUILD_SERVER
 	BUILD_TARGETS += server
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ main: examples/main/main.cpp                                  build-info.h ggml.
 	@echo
 	@echo '====  Run ./main -h for help.  ===='
 	@echo
+	
+simple: examples/simple/simple.cpp                                  build-info.h ggml.o llama.o common.o $(OBJS)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
+	@echo
+	@echo '====  Run ./simple -h for help.  ===='
+	@echo
 
 quantize: examples/quantize/quantize.cpp                      build-info.h ggml.o llama.o $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(filter-out %.h,$^) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)