diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7686edf..541af09 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ priv/
 _build
 vars.config
 rebar
-deps/
\ No newline at end of file
+deps/
+tools/*.beam
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fa61451..26b212c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@ test: all
 check-syntax:
 	gcc -o nul -S ${CHK_SOURCES}
 
+xmlrpc-codec:
+	erlc -o tools -I include tools/xml_gen.erl
+	erl -noinput +B -pa tools -eval 'case xml_gen:compile("tools/xmlrpc_codec.spec") of ok -> halt(0); _ -> halt(1) end.' 
+
 .PHONY: clean src test all
diff --git a/spec/README.md b/tools/README.md
similarity index 63%
rename from spec/README.md
rename to tools/README.md
index 9f91deb..ec4de55 100644
--- a/spec/README.md
+++ b/tools/README.md
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ This file is used to generate `src/xmlrpc_codec.erl`.
 From repository root, you can regenerate the file with:
 
     erl -noinput +B -pa ebin -pa deps/*/ebin -eval \
-          'case xml_gen:compile("spec/xmlrpc_codec.spec") of ok -> halt(0); _ -> halt(1) end.'
+          'case xml_gen:compile("tools/xmlrpc_codec.spec") of ok -> halt(0); _ -> halt(1) end.'
diff --git a/src/xml_gen.erl b/tools/xml_gen.erl
similarity index 100%
rename from src/xml_gen.erl
rename to tools/xml_gen.erl
diff --git a/include/xml_gen.hrl b/tools/xml_gen.hrl
similarity index 100%
rename from include/xml_gen.hrl
rename to tools/xml_gen.hrl
diff --git a/spec/xmlrpc_codec.spec b/tools/xmlrpc_codec.spec
similarity index 100%
rename from spec/xmlrpc_codec.spec
rename to tools/xmlrpc_codec.spec