diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b32c6842ff2088bca24781f83236797d2e8dff6c..b5865aa9bb9feef69cb2a22e05caf428c1952ca5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ add_custom_target(all_unit_tests
   DEPENDS unit_tests mpi_unit_tests
 )
 
+add_custom_target(check
+  DEPENDS test
+  )
+
 add_custom_target(test
   DEPENDS run_all_unit_tests
   )