diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index eaabbbdb751a828dad4e968d9606334a6551f06f..96303a5cb4f28edb967572382f9facf8378f6bfc 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 * text=auto !eol
 /Makefile -text
+chopzero_src/Makefile -text
 chopzero_src/chopzero.c -text
 examples/Makefile -text
 examples/block_copy.c -text
diff --git a/chopzero_src/Makefile b/chopzero_src/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ef147281670844f31e59a183d70228bec4b0c700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chopzero_src/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+
+chopzero: chopzero.c
+	gcc chopzero.c -o chopzero -O3 
+
+clean:
+	rm -f chopzero
+