diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dadad7c584..19ef173ee1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # github.com/docker/cli 
 #
 
-.PHONY: build clean cross test lint
+.PHONY: build clean test lint cross
 
 # build the CLI
 build: clean
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ clean:
 test:
 	@go test -tags daemon -v $(shell go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
 
+# run linters
 lint:
 	@gometalinter --config gometalinter.json ./...
 
diff --git a/docker.Makefile b/docker.Makefile
index a5a08c2527..c2f9ff5626 100644
--- a/docker.Makefile
+++ b/docker.Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Makefile for developing using Docker
 #
 
-+.PHONY: build_docker_image build clean cross dev
++.PHONY: build_docker_image build_linter_image build clean test cross dev lint
 
 DEV_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME = docker-cli-dev
 LINTER_IMAGE_NAME = docker-cli-lint
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ cross: build_docker_image
 
 # start container in interactive mode for in-container development
 dev: build_docker_image
-	@docker run -ti $(MOUNTS)  $(DEV_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME) ash
+	@docker run -ti $(MOUNTS) -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock $(DEV_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME) ash
 
+# run linters in a container
 lint: build_linter_image
 	@docker run -ti $(MOUNTS) $(LINTER_IMAGE_NAME)