diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0a0d677..5a83a0f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -58,13 +58,14 @@
 GOLANGCI_LINT     = docker run --rm --user $$(id -u):$$(id -g) -v ${CURDIR}:/app $(shell test -t 0 && echo "-it") -v gocache:/.cache -v gocache-${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}:/go/pkg voltha/voltha-ci-tools:${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}-golangci-lint golangci-lint
 HADOLINT          = docker run --rm --user $$(id -u):$$(id -g) -v ${CURDIR}:/app $(shell test -t 0 && echo "-it") voltha/voltha-ci-tools:${VOLTHA_TOOLS_VERSION}-hadolint hadolint
 
-.PHONY: docker-build local-protos local-voltha
+.PHONY: local-protos local-voltha
 
 # This should to be the first and default target in this Makefile
 help:
 	@echo "Usage: make [<target>]"
 	@echo "where available targets are:"
 	@echo
+	@echo "build             : Build ofagent-go docker image"
 	@echo "docker-build      : Build ofagent-go docker image"
 	@echo "help              : Print this help"
 	@echo "docker-push       : Push the docker images to an external repository"
@@ -82,6 +83,14 @@
 	cp -r ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/* vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go
 endif
 
+## Local Development Helpers
+local-lib-go:
+ifdef LOCAL_LIB_GO
+	mkdir -p vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg
+	cp -r ${LOCAL_LIB_GO}/pkg/* vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v3/pkg/
+endif
+
+
 local-voltha:
 ifdef LOCAL_VOLTHA
 	mkdir -p vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-go/
@@ -89,10 +98,12 @@
 	rm -rf vendor/github.com/opencord/voltha-go/vendor
 endif
 
+## Docker targets
+build: docker-build
 
 ## Docker targets
 
-docker-build: local-protos local-voltha
+docker-build: local-protos local-voltha local-lib-go
 	docker build $(DOCKER_BUILD_ARGS) -t ${ADAPTER_IMAGENAME}:${DOCKER_TAG} -t ${ADAPTER_IMAGENAME}:latest -f docker/Dockerfile.ofagent-go .
 
 docker-push:
@@ -121,7 +132,7 @@
 
 lint: lint-mod lint-dockerfile
 
-test:
+test: local-lib-go
 	@mkdir -p ./tests/results
 	@${GO} test -mod=vendor -v -coverprofile ./tests/results/go-test-coverage.out -covermode count ./... 2>&1 | tee ./tests/results/go-test-results.out ;\
 	RETURN=$$? ;\
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6aa9c9..5f68b77 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,4 +18,22 @@
 - Normal Logging 
   - `./build/ofagent-go -ofaddress=localhost openflowPort=6653 -volthaAddress=localhost -volthaPort=50057`
 - Debug Logging
-  - `./build/ofagent-go -debug -ofaddress=localhost openflowPort=6653 -volthaAddress=localhost -volthaPort=50057`
\ No newline at end of file
+  - `./build/ofagent-go -debug -ofaddress=localhost openflowPort=6653 -volthaAddress=localhost -volthaPort=50057`
+
+## Building with a Local Copy of `voltha-protos` or `voltha-lib-go`
+If you want to build/test using a local copy or `voltha-protos` or `voltha-lib-go`
+this can be accomplished by using the environment variables `LOCAL_PROTOS` and
+`LOCAL_LIB_GO`. These environment variables should be set to the filesystem
+path where the local source is located, e.g.
+
+```bash
+LOCAL\_PROTOS=$HOME/src/voltha-protos
+LOCAL\_LIB\_GO=$HOME/src/voltha-lib-go
+```
+
+When these environment variables are set the vendored versions of these packages
+will be removed from the `vendor` directory and replaced by coping the files from
+the specified locations to the `vendor` directory. *NOTE:* _this means that
+the files in the `vendor` directory are no longer what is in the `git` repository
+and it will take manual `git` intervention to put the original files back._
+
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 25b6557..0664a8f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.1.6-dev
+1.1.6