diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 79d19429..2c2f0df5 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,3 +63,5 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE(test_runner ${test_runner_SRCS})
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(test_runner tag ${CPPUNIT_LIBRARIES})
 
 ADD_TEST(test_runner test_runner)
+ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(check COMMAND ${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND} -V
+                  DEPENDS test_runner)