diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6f93ca2..bece7de 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+/libdatrie-0.2.8.tar.xz
 /libdatrie-0.2.9.tar.xz
diff --git a/tests/make_check.sh b/tests/make_check.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00f8111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/make_check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -x
+
+check_return_value () {
+    if [ $1 != 0 ] ; then
+        exit $1
+    fi
+}
+
+cd $1
+autoreconf -f -i -v
+./configure --prefix=/usr
+check_return_value $?
+make
+check_return_value $?
+make check
+exit $?
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2354d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  vars:
+  - artifacts: "{{ lookup('env', 'TEST_ARTIFACTS')|default('./artifacts', true) }}"
+  tags:
+  - classic
+  remote_user: root
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-source  # to get the source tar ball to do “make check”
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    required_packages:
+    - make
+    - gcc
+    - autoconf
+    - automake
+    - libtool
+    - doxygen
+    tests:
+    - make-check:
+        dir: ./
+        run: bash ./make_check.sh ./source