diff --git a/bindings/c/.gitignore b/bindings/c/.gitignore
index b6211651bd2..567609b1234 100644
--- a/bindings/c/.gitignore
+++ b/bindings/c/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-tests/hello
-tests/hello.o
+build/
diff --git a/bindings/c/Makefile b/bindings/c/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f58eed1d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/c/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+RPATH=$(PWD)/../../target/debug
+CFLAGS = -I./include
+LDFLAGS = -L$(RPATH) -Wl,-rpath,$(RPATH)
+LIBS = -lopendal
+OBJ_DIR=build/
+
+all: $(OBJ_DIR) build test
+
+$(OBJ_DIR):
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+build:
+	cargo build
+
+test:
+	$(CC) tests/hello.c -o $(OBJ_DIR)/hello $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
+
+clean:
+	cargo clean
+	rm -rf $(OBJ_DIR)
diff --git a/bindings/c/README.md b/bindings/c/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..adbcf1e21e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/c/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# OpenDAL C Binding (WIP)
+
+# Build C bindings
+
+```bash
+make
+make build
+make test
+```
+
+## License
+
+[Apache v2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
diff --git a/bindings/c/tests/Makefile b/bindings/c/tests/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ea33ad9d29..00000000000
--- a/bindings/c/tests/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Build the example client
-#
-
-RPATH=$(PWD)/../../../target/debug
-CFLAGS = -I../include
-LDFLAGS = -L$(RPATH) -Wl,-rpath,$(RPATH)
-LIBS = -lopendal
-
-all: build
-
-build:
-	$(CC) hello.c -o hello $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)