diff --git a/scripts/dev/run-build-test.py b/scripts/dev/run-build-test.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a5050dda2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dev/run-build-test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+if os.getcwd().endswith('dev'):
+	os.chdir('../../') # we were in scripts/dev
+
+ret1 = os.system("make clean > " + os.devnull + " 2>&1")
+ret2 = os.system("make > " + os.devnull + " 2>&1")  
+
+if ret1 + ret2 == 0:
+	print "Build successfull"
+	sys.exit(0)
+else:
+	print >>sys.stderr, "Build failed"
+	sys.exit(1)
+
+# vim: se ts=3:
+