diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d1705523..dc9186f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 .idea
+
+gyp-mac-tool
+Makefile
+*.Makefile
+*.target.mk
+*.xcodeproj
+
 spec/run.out*
-*.xcodeproj
-*.xcodeproj
+out
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 929aabcc..95ab747b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "externals/bandit"]
 	path = externals/bandit
 	url = https://github.com/joakimkarlsson/bandit.git
+[submodule "externals/gyp"]
+	path = externals/gyp
+	url = https://github.com/svn2github/gyp.git
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 51049ea1..d8fb4873 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 language: cpp
 compiler:
     - clang
-script: make test
\ No newline at end of file
+install: script/bootstrap.sh
+script: script/ci.sh
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b47f4b2..00000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-.PHONY: all clean test debug valgrind
-
-### install configuration ###
-CXX       ?= clang++
-CC        ?= clang
-RM        ?= rm -f
-
-### library configuration ###
-LIB_NAME     = tree_sitter
-DIR          = $(shell pwd)
-SOURCES      = $(shell find src -name '*.cpp' -or -name '*.c')
-TESTS        = $(shell find spec -name '*.cpp') $(shell find examples -name '*.c')
-SRC_OBJECTS  = $(foreach file, $(SOURCES), $(basename $(file)).o)
-TEST_OBJECTS = $(foreach file, $(TESTS), $(basename $(file)).o)
-LIB_FILE     = lib$(LIB_NAME).a
-TEST_BIN     = spec/run.out
-
-### build configuration ###
-CFLAGS ?= -Wall -g -m64
-CPPFLAGS ?= -Wall -std=c++11 -g -m64
-
-### targets ###
-all: $(LIB_FILE)
-
-$(LIB_FILE): $(SRC_OBJECTS)
-	ar rcs $@ $^
-
-test: $(TEST_BIN)
-	./$<
-
-$(TEST_BIN): $(TEST_OBJECTS) $(LIB_FILE)
-	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $^ -o $@
-
-%.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Iinclude -Isrc/runtime -c $< -o $@
-
-%.o: %.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) -Iinclude -Isrc/compiler -Isrc/runtime -Iexternals/bandit -Ispec -c $< -o $@
-
-debug: $(TEST_BIN)
-	gdb $<
-
-valgrind: $(TEST_BIN)
-	valgrind --track-origins=yes --dsymutil=yes $(TEST_BIN)
-
-clean:
-	$(RM) $(SRC_OBJECTS) $(TEST_OBJECTS) $(LIB_FILE) $(TEST_BIN)
diff --git a/externals/gyp b/externals/gyp
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..d277a083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/gyp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d277a083a05f5683a073ddd4991f5f79741b3f93
diff --git a/script/bootstrap.sh b/script/bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ab594bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+git submodule update --init
+externals/gyp/gyp tree_sitter.gyp --depth .
+externals/gyp/gyp tree_sitter.gyp --depth . --format=make
diff --git a/script/ci.sh b/script/ci.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..48231928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+make compiler_specs
+out/Default/compiler_specs
+
+make runtime_specs
+out/Default/runtime_specs
diff --git a/tree_sitter.gyp b/tree_sitter.gyp
index f77b4476..0feea7db 100644
--- a/tree_sitter.gyp
+++ b/tree_sitter.gyp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         'include',
         'externals/bandit',
         'src/compiler',
+        'spec',
       ],
       'sources': [
         '<!@(ls spec/*.h spec/*.cpp)',
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
         'include',
         'externals/bandit',
         'src/runtime',
+        'spec',
 
         # TODO - make separate spec helpers for runtime and compiler specs
         'src/compiler',