diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4ecde076..f24a27ed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ build/
 # Coverage data shall be put in an ignored coverage/ directory
 coverage/
 
+# Shallow clone of the repo will be placed her for use with testground
+scratch/
+
 # Nimble packages
 /vendor/.nimble
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 55d5b441..f8660d24 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ LINK_PCRE := 0
 	clean \
 	coverage \
 	deps \
+	hello_codex \
 	libbacktrace \
 	test \
+	testground \
 	update
 
 ifeq ($(NIM_PARAMS),)
@@ -123,6 +125,14 @@ coverage:
 	genhtml coverage/coverage.f.info --output-directory coverage/report
 	if which open >/dev/null; then (echo -e "\e[92mOpening\e[39m HTML coverage report in browser..." && open coverage/report/index.html) || true; fi
 
+testground:
+	mkdir -p scratch && rm -rf scratch/* && git clone --depth=1 "file://$${PWD}" "scratch/$$(basename $${PWD})"
+	testground plan import --from=testground/hello_codex
+	testground run single --builder=docker:generic --runner=local:docker --plan=hello_codex --testcase=hello_codex --instances=2
+
+hello_codex: | build deps
+	$(ENV_SCRIPT) nim hello_codex codex.nims
+
 # usual cleaning
 clean: | clean-common
 	rm -rf build
diff --git a/codex.nimble b/codex.nimble
index 4113fb25..c36e02c7 100644
--- a/codex.nimble
+++ b/codex.nimble
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ proc test(name: string, srcDir = "tests/", lang = "c") =
 task codex, "build codex binary":
   buildBinary "codex", params = "-d:chronicles_runtime_filtering -d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE"
 
+task hello_codex, "build hello_codex binary":
+  buildBinary "hello_codex", srcDir = "testground/hello_codex/", params = "-d:chronicles_runtime_filtering -d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE"
+
 task testCodex, "Build & run Codex tests":
   test "testCodex"