diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 324e978e01e19..525aa08591e78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ MANIFEST
 ################
 # setup.py working directory
 build
+build-install
 # sphinx build directory
 doc/_build
 # setup.py dist directory
diff --git a/dev.py b/dev.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..205014938390a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Example stub for running `python -m dev.py`
+#
+# Copy this into your project root.
+
+import os
+import sys
+import runpy
+
+sys.path.remove(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])))
+try:
+    runpy.run_module("devpy", run_name="__main__")
+except ImportError:
+    print("Cannot import devpy; please install it using")
+    print()
+    print("  pip install git+https://github.com/scientific-python/devpy")
+    print()
+    sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c9d590b4414f4..f0e71f7b7625a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -466,3 +466,10 @@ directory = "coverage_html_report"
 [tool.codespell]
 ignore-words-list = "blocs, coo, hist, nd, sav, ser, recuse"
 ignore-regex = 'https://([\w/\.])+'
+
+[tool.devpy]
+package = 'pandas'
+
+[tool.devpy.commands]
+"Build" = ["devpy.build", "devpy.test"]
+"Environments" = ["devpy.shell", "devpy.ipython", "devpy.python"]
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 7bac8e3f5541d..9d18a9beafc47 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -100,3 +100,4 @@ requests
 sphinx-toggleprompt
 meson[ninja] @ git+https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson.git@master
 git+https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python.git@main
+git+https://github.com/scientific-python/devpy