diff --git a/cli/menu/mainmenu/Makefile b/cli/menu/mainmenu/Makefile
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/menu/mainmenu/Makefile
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+VOLTHA_PROTO_PATH := protos/voltha_protos
+VOLTHA_PROTO_FILES := $(wildcard protos/voltha_protos/*.proto)
+VOLTHA_PROTO_GO_FILES := $(foreach f,$(VOLTHA_PROTO_FILES),$(subst .proto,.pb.go,$(f)))
+VOLTHA_PROTO_DESC_FILES := $(foreach f,$(VOLTHA_PROTO_FILES),$(subst .proto,.desc,$(f)))
+
+voltha-api: $(VOLTHA_PROTO_GO_FILES)
+
+%.pb.go: %.proto
+	@protoc -I ${VOLTHA_PROTO_PATH} \
+                --go_out=plugins=grpc:${VOLTHA_PROTO_PATH} \
+                -I${GOPATH}/src \
+                -I${GOPATH}/src/github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/third_party/googleapis \
+                $<