diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1303530fd..aeee8dbbe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -361,6 +361,11 @@ stop-container-by-id:
 #	CONTAINER_ID=`grep 'CONTAINER_ID=' $(CONTAINER_FILE) | sed 's/CONTAINER_ID=//'` ; \
 #	$(MAKE) stop-container-by-id CONTAINER_ID=$${CONTAINER_ID}
 
+.PHONY: status
+# HELP: print develop status: running containers, used ports
+status:
+	@./utils/develop-status.pl
+
 .PHONY: log-%
 # HELP(log-{database,memcached,minio,backend,frontend,hoogle}): inspect output of a given (currently running) service. When a service supports multiple running instances in one develop (i.e. backend), you need to specify the exact instance by its associated file (e.g. backend-1, backend-2, etc.), please check the contents of the develop/ directory for a list of running instances.
 log-%: --develop