diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8c461ee..a78008a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # python virtualenv
 vst_venv
+.venv
+
+bin/
 
 # robot framework output
 *.html
diff --git a/makefiles/commands/include.mk b/makefiles/commands/include.mk
index 01fa145..7cdd107 100644
--- a/makefiles/commands/include.mk
+++ b/makefiles/commands/include.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 $(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
 
 include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/commands/kail.mk
+include $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/commands/kind.mk
 
 $(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
 
diff --git a/makefiles/commands/kind.mk b/makefiles/commands/kind.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4359083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/commands/kind.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+MAKEDIR ?= $(error MAKEDIR= is required)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+	@echo "  kind            Install the kind command"
+ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo "                  make kind KIND_PATH="
+endif
+
+kind-cmd-bin ?= kind-linux-amd64
+# kind-cmd-ver ?= v0.20.0
+kind-cmd-ver ?= v0.11.0
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Install the 'kind' tool if needed: https://github.com/boz/kind
+#   o WORKSPACE - jenkins aware
+#   o Default to /usr/local/bin/kind
+#       + revisit this, system directories should not be a default path.
+#       + requires sudo and potential exists for overwrite conflict.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+KIND_PATH ?= $(if $(WORKSPACE),$(WORKSPACE)/bin,$(PWD)/bin)
+kind-cmd  ?= $(KIND_PATH)/kind.$(kind-cmd-ver).$(kind-cmd-bin)
+$(kind-cmd):
+	@echo "kind-cmd = $(kind-cmd)"
+	mkdir -p $(dir $(kind-cmd))
+	curl --silent -Lo "$@" https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/$(kind-cmd-ver)/$(kind-cmd-bin)
+	chmod +x "$@"
+	"$@" --version
+
+bin/kind : $(kind-cmd)
+	ln -fns $< $@
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: install-command-kind
+install-command-kind : bin/kind
+
+clean ::
+	$(RM) bin/kind $(kind-cmd)
+
+# [EOF]