diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ca6e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.urchin_stdout
diff --git a/cross-shell-tests b/cross-shell-tests
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..21902a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cross-shell-tests
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Run urchin in a bunch of different shells,
+# including a shell that isn't quite POSIX-compatible (zsh)
+
+for shell in dash bash ksh zsh; do
+  if which $shell > /dev/null 2> /dev/null; then
+    echo
+    echo Running urchin tests in $shell
+    $shell urchin tests | tail -n 2
+  else
+    echo
+    echo Skipping $shell because it is not in the PATH
+  fi
+done
+echo
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 2007415..fdde399 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ Run the tests
     cd urchin/tests
     ../urchin .    
 
+The above command will run the tests in your login shell; to test cross-shell
+compatibility, run this.
+
+    cd urchin
+    ./cross-shell-tests
+
 ## Globally
 Download Urchin like so (as root) (or use npm, below):
 
diff --git a/tests/XSD output should work./XSD output should produce XML. b/tests/XSD output should work./XSD output should produce XML.
index effd0c6..7dd4b4e 100755
--- a/tests/XSD output should work./XSD output should produce XML.	
+++ b/tests/XSD output should work./XSD output should produce XML.	
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-../../../urchin .fixture | grep 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'
+../../urchin .fixture | grep 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'