diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1c3ead6f2a630e8a14027bf2e45b835231db0bfb..8aa1cd045c01f8b338aa5bfe709a982e96517039 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 MAKEFILE_PATH := $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
 MAKEFILE_DIR  := $(dir $(MAKEFILE_PATH))
 TOOLS_DIR:= build-tools
+GOSDN_TMP_DIR := /tmp/gosdn
+CLAB_DIR := $(GOSDN_TMP_DIR)/clab
 GOSDN_PRG := $(MAKEFILE_DIR)$(TOOLS_DIR)
 GOPATH := $(~/go)
 GOBIN := $(GOSDN_PRG)
@@ -16,6 +18,12 @@ all: build
 pre:
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD_ARTIFACTS_PATH)
 
+create-gosdn-tmp-dir:
+	mkdir -p $(GOSDN_TMP_DIR)
+
+create-clab-dir: create-gosdn-tmp-dir
+	mkdir -p $(CLAB_DIR)
+
 install-tools:
 	@echo Install development tooling
 	mkdir -p $(GOSDN_PRG)
@@ -102,14 +110,17 @@ containerize-arista-routing-engine-app:
 containerize-hostname-checker-app:
 	docker buildx build --rm -t hostname-checker-app -f applications/hostname-checker/hostname-checker.Dockerfile .
 
-containerlab-start: containerize-all
-	sudo containerlab deploy --topo dev_env_data/clab/gosdn.clab.yaml
+containerlab-start: create-clab-dir containerize-all
+	cd $(CLAB_DIR) &&\
+	sudo containerlab deploy --topo $(MAKEFILE_DIR)dev_env_data/clab/gosdn.clab.yaml
 
-containerlab-stop:
-	sudo containerlab destroy --topo dev_env_data/clab/gosdn.clab.yaml
+containerlab-stop: create-clab-dir
+	cd $(CLAB_DIR) &&\
+	sudo containerlab destroy --topo $(MAKEFILE_DIR)dev_env_data/clab/gosdn.clab.yaml
 
-containerlab-graph:
-	sudo containerlab graph --topo dev_env_data/clab/gosdn.clab.yaml
+containerlab-graph: create-clab-dir
+	cd $(CLAB_DIR) &&\
+	sudo containerlab graph --topo $(MAKEFILE_DIR)dev_env_data/clab/gosdn.clab.yaml
 
 shell-gosdn:
 	docker exec -it clab-gosdn_csbi_arista_base-gosdn bash