diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2050dddd..e0d2e4ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 /src/sql/tmp.sqlite
 result
 result-*
+.hydra-data
+outputs
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/hacking.md b/doc/manual/src/hacking.md
index de826720..62846819 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/hacking.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/hacking.md
@@ -12,15 +12,14 @@ To enter a shell in which all environment variables (such as `PERL5LIB`)
 and dependencies can be found:
 
 ```console
-$ nix-shell
+$ nix develop
 ```
 
 To build Hydra, you should then do:
 
 ```console
-[nix-shell]$ autoreconfPhase
-[nix-shell]$ configurePhase
-[nix-shell]$ make
+[nix-shell]$ just setup
+[nix-shell]$ just install
 ```
 
 You start a local database, the webserver, and other components with
@@ -41,18 +40,13 @@ $ ./src/script/hydra-server
 You can run Hydra's test suite with the following:
 
 ```console
-[nix-shell]$ make check
-[nix-shell]$ # to run as many tests as you have cores:
-[nix-shell]$ make check YATH_JOB_COUNT=$NIX_BUILD_CORES
+[nix-shell]$ just test
 [nix-shell]$ # or run yath directly:
 [nix-shell]$ yath test
 [nix-shell]$ # to run as many tests as you have cores:
 [nix-shell]$ yath test -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES
 ```
 
-When using `yath` instead of `make check`, ensure you have run `make`
-in the root of the repository at least once.
-
 **Warning**: Currently, the tests can fail
 if run with high parallelism [due to an issue in
 `Test::PostgreSQL`](https://github.com/TJC/Test-postgresql/issues/40)
diff --git a/foreman/start-evaluator.sh b/foreman/start-evaluator.sh
index a2858003..8b85b2a3 100755
--- a/foreman/start-evaluator.sh
+++ b/foreman/start-evaluator.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # wait for hydra-server to listen
 while ! nc -z localhost 63333; do sleep 1; done
 
-HYDRA_CONFIG=$(pwd)/.hydra-data/hydra.conf exec hydra-evaluator
+HYDRA_CONFIG=$(pwd)/.hydra-data/hydra.conf exec $(pwd)/outputs/out/bin/hydra-evaluator
diff --git a/foreman/start-hydra.sh b/foreman/start-hydra.sh
index bb8cc909..318b02f7 100755
--- a/foreman/start-hydra.sh
+++ b/foreman/start-hydra.sh
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ use-substitutes = true
 </hydra_notify>
 EOF
 fi
-HYDRA_CONFIG=$(pwd)/.hydra-data/hydra.conf exec hydra-dev-server --port 63333 --restart --debug
+HYDRA_CONFIG=$(pwd)/.hydra-data/hydra.conf exec $(pwd)/outputs/out/bin/hydra-dev-server --port 63333 --restart --debug
diff --git a/foreman/start-notify.sh b/foreman/start-notify.sh
index 6a647e54..f79fcd2f 100755
--- a/foreman/start-notify.sh
+++ b/foreman/start-notify.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # wait for hydra-server to listen
 while ! nc -z localhost 63333; do sleep 1; done
 
-HYDRA_CONFIG=$(pwd)/.hydra-data/hydra.conf exec hydra-notify
+HYDRA_CONFIG=$(pwd)/.hydra-data/hydra.conf exec $(pwd)/outputs/out/bin/hydra-notify
diff --git a/foreman/start-queue-runner.sh b/foreman/start-queue-runner.sh
index f4fd6048..3a1d2376 100755
--- a/foreman/start-queue-runner.sh
+++ b/foreman/start-queue-runner.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # wait until hydra is listening on port 63333
 while ! nc -z localhost 63333; do sleep 1; done
 
-NIX_REMOTE_SYSTEMS="" HYDRA_CONFIG=$(pwd)/.hydra-data/hydra.conf exec hydra-queue-runner
+NIX_REMOTE_SYSTEMS="" HYDRA_CONFIG=$(pwd)/.hydra-data/hydra.conf exec $(pwd)/outputs/out/bin/hydra-queue-runner
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c24774c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/justfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+setup *OPTIONS:
+  meson setup build --prefix="$PWD/outputs/out" $mesonFlags {{ OPTIONS }}
+
+build *OPTIONS:
+  meson compile -C build {{ OPTIONS }}
+
+install *OPTIONS: (build OPTIONS)
+    meson install -C build
+
+test *OPTIONS:
+    meson test -C build --print-errorlogs {{ OPTIONS }}
diff --git a/package.nix b/package.nix
index 0fbe85a8..8789e058 100644
--- a/package.nix
+++ b/package.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 , cacert
 , foreman
+, just
 , glibcLocales
 , libressl
 , openldap
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pixz
     nix-eval-jobs
     perlPackages.PLS
+    just
   ];
 
   checkInputs = [
@@ -234,8 +236,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   shellHook = ''
     pushd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel) >/dev/null
 
-    PATH=$(pwd)/src/hydra-evaluator:$(pwd)/src/script:$(pwd)/src/hydra-queue-runner:$PATH
-    PERL5LIB=$(pwd)/src/lib:$PERL5LIB
+    PATH=$(pwd)/outputs/out/bin:$PATH
+    PERL5LIB=$(pwd)/src/lib:$(pwd)/t/lib:$PERL5LIB
     export HYDRA_HOME="$(pwd)/src/"
     mkdir -p .hydra-data
     export HYDRA_DATA="$(pwd)/.hydra-data"