diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8bb2c9993a73b47423200f574ecfa4c3dfb05765..b6fedfa9fec0a97a4fcdc1f19769f3c9c634d39a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.161 2006/08/12 16:48:35 mast Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.162 2007/01/01 04:48:18 nilsson Exp $
 #
 # Meta Makefile
 #
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ legal: bin/pike
 	bin/pike -e 'Stdio.write_file("COPYING", \
 	  Tools.Legal.License.get_text());'
 
+release_checks: bin/pike
+	bin/pike tools/release_checks.pike
+
 # Don't make bin/pike if we're recursing with a $(METATARGET) since we
 # don't want the backquote expression which usually is part of
 # $(BUILDDIR) to be expanded in that script. It's better to evaluate