diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5859b47613f5726cd5f01667b4c4c5eb4b825c04..68ecd4901bef7a1adcde9cb2cde50a44801cf61b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ build: build_setup_py build_wheel_dist build_wheel build_frontend
 
 setup_pip: clean_pip_install setup_development_pip setup_pip_install setup_pip_compile get_python_requirements_from_txt setup_development_setuptools
 
+setup_venv:
+	python3 -m venv .venv
+
+clean_venv:
+	@echo "clean_venv"
+	deactivate
+	rm -rf .venv
+
 setup_development_pip:
 	@echo "setup_development_pip"
 	python -m pip install --upgrade pip