diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 15efe43..3e4aade 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ out
 pull-secret.txt
 kuttl-test-*.json
 kubeconfig
+devsetup/ci-framework
diff --git a/devsetup/Makefile b/devsetup/Makefile
index e375926..c990fe6 100644
--- a/devsetup/Makefile
+++ b/devsetup/Makefile
@@ -100,3 +100,11 @@ edpm_play: ## Deploy EDPM node using openstackansibleee resource
 .PHONY: edpm_play_cleanup
 edpm_play_cleanup: ## Cleanup EDPM openstackansibleee resource
 	-oc delete openstackansibleee deploy-external-dataplane-compute
+
+.PHONY: cifmw_prepare
+cifmw_prepare: ## Clone the ci-framework repository in the ci-framework directory. That location is ignored from git.
+	git clone https://github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/ci-framework ci-framework
+
+.PHONY: cifmw_cleanup
+cifmw_cleanup: ## Clean ci-framework git clone
+	rm -rf ci-framework