diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+hbase_tmp_path := /tmp/hbase
+bindings_path := $(CURDIR)/protobuf
+
+all:
+	@echo Generating Python Protobuf bindings from HBase source
+	-mkdir $(bindings_path)
+	-git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/apache/hbase $(hbase_tmp_path)
+	cd $(hbase_tmp_path)/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf; \
+	protoc -I=/usr/local/include/ --proto_path=. --python_out=$(bindings_path) *
+	cd $(hbase_tmp_path)/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf; \
+	protoc -I=/usr/local/include/ --proto_path=. --python_out=$(bindings_path) client/*
+	cd $(hbase_tmp_path)/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf; \
+	protoc -I=/usr/local/include/ --proto_path=. --python_out=$(bindings_path) server/*
+	cd $(hbase_tmp_path)/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf; \
+	protoc -I=/usr/local/include/ --proto_path=. --python_out=$(bindings_path) server/io/*
+	cd $(hbase_tmp_path)/hbase-protocol-shaded/src/main/protobuf; \
+	protoc -I=/usr/local/include/ --proto_path=. --python_out=$(bindings_path) server/zookeeper/*
+
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(hbase_tmp_path)
+	rm -rf $(bindings_path)