diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 62e8ccb..b0c54f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@ all: smaz_test
 smaz_test: smaz_test.c smaz.c
 	gcc -o smaz_test -O2 -Wall -W -ansi -pedantic smaz.c smaz_test.c
 
+check:
+	./smaz_test
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf smaz_test