diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b1a8ed7..aab6293 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 all: xmltest
 xmltest: xmltest.cpp tinyxml2.cpp tinyxml2.h
+test: clean xmltest
+	./xmltest
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o xmltest