diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 200bc9b9..83bf7e29 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 .version.date
 Makefile
 !kernel/**/Makefile
+!daemon/proto/Makefile
 Makefile.in
 aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache
diff --git a/daemon/proto/Makefile b/daemon/proto/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4edb47a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/proto/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+all:
+	python -m grpc_tools.protoc -I . --python_out=../core/grpc --grpc_python_out=../core/grpc core.proto
+
+clean:
+	rm core_pb2*