diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a2e72b5900ab5478609ef9844a9d9cb7fe5fd7c5..29bbd1a874f96fb7813e15138112d522399992d6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ install_vendor:
 	go get github.com/Masterminds/glide
 	glide install
 
+# hell runs utility tool hell to selectively update glide dependencies
+.PHONY: hell
+hell:
+	go build -o ${REPO}/target/hell ./util/hell/cmd/hell/main.go
+	./target/hell $(filter-out $@,$(MAKECMDGOALS))
+
 ### Building github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db
 
 # build all targets in github.com/eris-ltd/eris-db
diff --git a/hell b/hell
deleted file mode 100644
index 392907b3a74800038d60cc899e866c97f0afc28d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/hell
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-go run ./util/hell/cmd/hell/main.go "$@"
\ No newline at end of file