diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a51116b4ad..e3c0bfb171 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,5 +54,4 @@ go.sum
 
 cicd/devnet/terraform/.terraform
 cicd/devnet/.pwd
-cicd/devnet/tmp/
-cicd/devnet/work/
\ No newline at end of file
+cicd/devnet/tmp/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2e1ba6cf93..e32b9e1a21 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ XDC:
 	@echo "Done building."
 	@echo "Run \"$(GOBIN)/XDC\" to launch XDC."
 
+XDC-devnet-local:
+	@echo "Rebuild the XDC first"
+	mv common/constants.go common/constants.go.tmp
+	cp common/constants/constants.go.devnet common/constants.go
+	make XDC
+	rm -rf common/constants.go
+	mv common/constants.go.tmp common/constants.go
+
+	@echo "Run the devnet script in local"
+	cd cicd/devnet && ./start-local-devnet.sh
+
 gc:
 	go run build/ci.go install ./cmd/gc
 	@echo "Done building."
diff --git a/cicd/devnet/start-local-devnet.sh b/cicd/devnet/start-local-devnet.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1611ee0eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cicd/devnet/start-local-devnet.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ ! -d ./tmp/xdcchain ]
+then
+  echo "Creating a temporary directory for storing the xdcchain"
+  mkdir tmp
+  mkdir -p ./tmp/xdcchain
+  touch ./tmp/.pwd
+  
+  # Randomly select a key from environment variable, seperated by ','
+  if test -z "$PRIVATE_KEYS" 
+  then
+        echo "PRIVATE_KEYS environment variable has not been set. Please run again with `export PRIVATE_KEYS={{your key}} && make XDC-devnet-local`"
+        exit 1
+  fi
+  IFS=', ' read -r -a private_keys <<< "$PRIVATE_KEYS"
+  private_key=${private_keys[ $RANDOM % ${#private_keys[@]} ]}
+
+  echo "${private_key}" >> ./tmp/key
+  echo "Creating a new wallet"
+  wallet=$(../../build/bin/XDC account import --password ./tmp/.pwd --datadir ./tmp/xdcchain ./tmp/key | awk -v FS="({|})" '{print $2}')
+  ../../build/bin/XDC --datadir /tmp/xdcchain init ./genesis.json
+else
+  echo "Wallet already exist, re-use the same one. If you have changed the private key, please manually inspect the key if matches. Otherwise, delete the 'tmp' directory and start again!"
+  wallet=$(../../build/bin/XDC account list --datadir /tmp/xdcchain | head -n 1 | awk -v FS="({|})" '{print $2}')
+fi
+
+input="./bootnodes.list"
+bootnodes=""
+while IFS= read -r line
+do
+    if [ -z "${bootnodes}" ]
+    then
+        bootnodes=$line
+    else
+        bootnodes="${bootnodes},$line"
+    fi
+done < "$input"
+
+log_level=3
+if test -z "$LOG_LEVEL" 
+then
+  echo "Log level not set, default to verbosity of 3"
+else
+  echo "Log level found, set to $LOG_LEVEL"
+  log_level=$LOG_LEVEL
+fi
+
+netstats="${NODE_NAME}-${wallet}-local:xinfin_xdpos_hybrid_network_stats@devnetstats.apothem.network:2000"
+
+echo "Running a node with wallet: ${wallet} at local"
+
+../../build/bin/XDC --ethstats ${netstats} --gcmode=archive \
+--bootnodes ${bootnodes} --syncmode full \
+--datadir ./tmp/xdcchain --networkid 551 \
+-port 30303 --rpc --rpccorsdomain "*" --rpcaddr 0.0.0.0 \
+--rpcport 8545 \
+--rpcapi admin,db,eth,debug,miner,net,shh,txpool,personal,web3,XDPoS \
+--rpcvhosts "*" --unlock "${wallet}" --password ./tmp/.pwd --mine \
+--gasprice "1" --targetgaslimit "420000000" --verbosity ${log_level} \
+--ws --wsaddr=0.0.0.0 --wsport 8555 \
+--wsorigins "*" 2>&1 >>./tmp/xdc.log