diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index f638e3886e..6024b78a2a 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ It contains instructions to build, run, and test Kyverno.
 - [Pushing images](#pushing-images)
     - [Pushing images with docker](#pushing-images-with-docker)
     - [Pushing images with ko](#pushing-images-with-ko)
+- [Deploying a local build](#deploying-a-local-build)
+    - [Create a local cluster](#create-a-local-cluster)
+    - [Build and load local images](#build-and-load-local-images)
+    - [Deploy with helm](#deploy-with-helm)
 
 ## Tools
 
@@ -281,6 +285,69 @@ make ko-publish-cli-dev
 
 The resulting image should be available remotely, named `ghcr.io/kyverno/kyverno-cli` (by default, if `REGISTRY` environment variable was not set).
 
+## Deploying a local build
+
+After [building local images](#building-local-images), it is often useful to deploy those images in a local cluster.
+
+We use [KinD](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/) to create local clusters easily.
+
+### Create a local cluster
+
+If you already have a local KinD cluster running, you can skip this step.
+
+To create a local KinD cluster, run:
+```console
+make kind-create-cluster
+```
+
+You can override the k8s version by setting the `KIND_IMAGE` environment variable (default value is `kindest/node:v1.24.0`).
+
+You can also override the KinD cluster name by setting the `KIND_NAME` environment variable (default value is `kind`).
+
+### Build and load local images
+
+To build local images and load them on a local KinD cluster, run:
+```console
+# build kyvernopre image and load it in KinD cluster
+make kind-load-kyvernopre
+```
+or
+```console
+# build kyverno image and load it in KinD cluster
+make kind-load-kyverno
+```
+or
+```console
+# build kyvernopre and kyverno images and load them in KinD cluster
+make kind-load-all
+```
+
+You can override the KinD cluster name by setting the `KIND_NAME` environment variable (default value is `kind`).
+
+### Deploy with helm
+
+To build local images, load them on a local KinD cluster, and deploy helm charts, run:
+```console
+# build images, load them in KinD cluster and deploy kyverno helm chart
+make kind-deploy-kyverno
+```
+or
+```console
+# deploy kyverno-policies helm chart
+make kind-deploy-kyverno-policies
+```
+or
+```console
+# build images, load them in KinD cluster and deploy helm charts
+make kind-deploy-all
+```
+
+This will build local images, load built images in every node of the KinD cluster, and deploy `kyverno` and/or `kyverno-policies` helm charts in the cluster (overriding image repositories and tags).
+
+> **Note**: This actually uses `ko` to build local images.
+
+You can override the KinD cluster name by setting the `KIND_NAME` environment variable (default value is `kind`).
+
 ## Building and publishing an image locally
 
 First, make sure you [install `ko`](https://github.com/google/ko#install)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e60a7da6f2..c1caa3fa77 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ IMAGE_TAG            ?= $(GIT_VERSION)
 K8S_VERSION          ?= $(shell kubectl version --short | grep -i server | cut -d" " -f3 | cut -c2-)
 TEST_GIT_BRANCH      ?= main
 KIND_IMAGE           ?= kindest/node:v1.24.0
+KIND_NAME            ?= kind
 GOOS                 ?= $(shell go env GOOS)
 GOARCH               ?= $(shell go env GOARCH)
 
@@ -493,22 +494,49 @@ verify-helm: gen-helm ## Check Helm charts are up to date
 	@echo 'To correct this, locally run "make gen-helm", commit the changes, and re-run tests.'
 	git diff --quiet --exit-code charts
 
-##################################
-# HELP
-##################################
+########
+# KIND #
+########
 
-.PHONY: help
-help: ## Shows the available commands
-	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+.PHONY: kind-create-cluster
+kind-create-cluster: $(KIND) ## Create KinD cluster
+	@$(KIND) create cluster --name $(KIND_NAME) --image $(KIND_IMAGE)
 
-.PHONY: kind-deploy
-kind-deploy: $(KIND) ko-build-kyvernopre-local ko-build-kyverno-local
-	$(KIND) load docker-image $(INITC_KIND_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG_DEV)
-	$(KIND) load docker-image $(KYVERNO_KIND_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG_DEV)
-	helm upgrade --install kyverno --namespace kyverno --wait --create-namespace ./charts/kyverno \
+.PHONY: kind-delete-cluster
+kind-delete-cluster: $(KIND) ## Delete KinD cluster
+	@$(KIND) delete cluster --name $(KIND_NAME)
+
+.PHONY: kind-load-kyvernopre
+kind-load-kyvernopre: $(KIND) ko-build-kyvernopre ## Build kyvernopre image and load it in KinD cluster
+	@$(KIND) load docker-image --name $(KIND_NAME) $(INITC_KIND_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG_DEV)
+
+.PHONY: kind-load-kyverno
+kind-load-kyverno: $(KIND) ko-build-kyverno ## Build kyverno image and load it in KinD cluster
+	@$(KIND) load docker-image --name $(KIND_NAME) $(KYVERNO_KIND_IMAGE):$(IMAGE_TAG_DEV)
+
+.PHONY: kind-load-all
+kind-load-all: kind-load-kyvernopre kind-load-kyverno ## Build images and load them in KinD cluster
+
+.PHONY: kind-deploy-kyverno
+kind-deploy-kyverno: kind-load-all ## Build images, load them in KinD cluster and deploy kyverno helm chart
+	@helm upgrade --install kyverno --namespace kyverno --wait --create-namespace ./charts/kyverno \
 		--set image.repository=$(KYVERNO_KIND_IMAGE) \
 		--set image.tag=$(IMAGE_TAG_DEV) \
 		--set initImage.repository=$(INITC_KIND_IMAGE) \
 		--set initImage.tag=$(IMAGE_TAG_DEV) \
 		--set extraArgs={--autogenInternals=true}
-	helm upgrade --install kyverno-policies --namespace kyverno --create-namespace ./charts/kyverno-policies
+
+.PHONY: kind-deploy-kyverno-policies
+kind-deploy-kyverno-policies: ## Deploy kyverno-policies helm chart
+	@helm upgrade --install kyverno-policies --namespace kyverno --create-namespace ./charts/kyverno-policies
+
+.PHONY: kind-deploy-all
+kind-deploy-all: | kind-deploy-kyverno kind-deploy-kyverno-policies ## Build images, load them in KinD cluster and deploy helm charts
+
+########
+# HELP #
+########
+
+.PHONY: help
+help: ## Shows the available commands
+	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'