diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e3766074..109827e7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ test:
 	./target/test_coverage/grcov . --binary-path ./target/debug/deps/ -s . -t lcov --branch --ignore-not-existing --ignore '../*' --ignore "/*" -o target/test_coverage/tests.lcov
 
 book:
+	python3 -m venv .env
+	. .env/bin/activate; pip install -r requirements.txt; maturin develop; pip install jupyter; python -m ipykernel install --user --name=chiquito_kernel
 	jupyter-book build book
 
 .PHONY: precommit build test book