diff --git a/bin/run-test b/bin/run-test
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..397695f314a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/run-test
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+cd $(dirname $0)/..
+
+exec java -classpath 'dist/classes/tests:compiler/frontend/src:dist/classes/runtime:dist/classes/compiler:lib/*:ideaSDL/core/*:ideaSDK/lib/*' "$@"
+
+# vim: set ts=4 sw=4 et ft=sh:
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 890a9ac740c..ea1306e00b4 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -134,6 +134,17 @@
         </javac>
     </target>
 
+    <target name="compileTests" depends="dist">
+        <mkdir dir="${output}/classes/tests"/>
+        <javac destdir="${output}/classes/tests" debug="true" includeAntRuntime="false">
+            <src path="compiler/tests"/>
+            <classpath refid="classpath"/>
+            <classpath location="${output}/classes/compiler"/>
+            <classpath location="ideaSDK/lib/junit-4.10.jar"/>
+            <classpath location="ideaSDK/lib/idea.jar"/>
+        </javac>
+    </target>
+
     <target name="jar" depends="compile">
         <jar destfile="${kotlin-home}/lib//kotlin-compiler.jar">
             <fileset dir="${output}/classes/compiler"/>