diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d772c799..0544a2fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ If you wish to install on the system, switch to root, or sudo and:
 
     make install
 
+To run tests:
+
+    make check
+
 Running
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