diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 56e11f948..862221cb3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.3.0
 	github.com/laurent22/ical-go v0.1.1-0.20181107184520-7e5d6ade8eef
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.8.0
+	github.com/magefile/mage v1.10.0
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.0
 	github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 94ce6675f..b037ee3a9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ github.com/lib/pq v1.6.0 h1:I5DPxhYJChW9KYc66se+oKFFQX6VuQrKiprsX6ivRZc=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.6.0/go.mod h1:4vXEAYvW1fRQ2/FhZ78H73A60MHw1geSm145z2mdY1g=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.8.0 h1:9xohqzkUwzR4Ga4ivdTcawVS89YSDVxXMa3xJX3cGzg=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.8.0/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
+github.com/magefile/mage v1.10.0 h1:3HiXzCUY12kh9bIuyXShaVe529fJfyqoVM42o/uom2g=
+github.com/magefile/mage v1.10.0/go.mod h1:z5UZb/iS3GoOSn0JgWuiw7dxlurVYTu+/jHXqQg881A=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0 h1:LLgXmsheXeRoUOBOjtwPQCWIYqM/LU1ayDtDePerRcY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1 h1:ZC2Vc7/ZFkGmsVC9KvOjumD+G5lXy2RtTKyzRKO2BQ4=
diff --git a/magefile.go b/magefile.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a19679eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/magefile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2020 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+// +build mage
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/magefile/mage/mg"
+)
+
+const (
+	PACKAGE    = `code.vikunja.io/api`
+	EXECUTABLE = `vikunja`
+)
+
+var (
+	Goflags = []string{
+		"-v",
+	}
+	Ldflags = ""
+	Tags    = ""
+	Version = "dev"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	Tags = os.Getenv("Tags")
+	versionCmd := exec.Command("git", "describe", "--tags", "--always", "--abbrev=10") //, " | sed 's/-/+/'", " | sed 's/^v//'", " | sed 's/-g/-/'")
+	version, err := versionCmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error getting version: %s\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	Version = strings.Trim(string(version), "\n")
+	fmt.Printf("Version: %s\n", Version)
+	Ldflags = `-X "` + PACKAGE + `/pkg/version.Version=` + Version + `" -X "main.Tags=` + Tags + `"`
+}
+
+// Generates static content into the final binary
+func Generate() error {
+	return exec.Command("go", "generate", PACKAGE+"/pkg/static").Run()
+}
+
+func Build() error {
+	mg.Deps(Generate)
+	out, err := exec.Command("go", "build", Goflags[0], "-tags", Tags, "-ldflags", "-s -w "+Ldflags, "-o", EXECUTABLE).CombinedOutput()
+	fmt.Print(string(out))
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/tools.go b/tools.go
index 7939f705a..dc946db17 100644
--- a/tools.go
+++ b/tools.go
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ import (
 	_ "honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck"
 
 	_ "github.com/shurcooL/vfsgen"
+
+	_ "github.com/magefile/mage"
 )