diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7a4fff26..68dc7359 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -115,5 +115,13 @@ styleclean: $(STYLECHECKFILES:=.styleclean)
 %.styleclean:
 	$(Q)rm -f $*.stylecheck;
 
-.PHONY: build lib $(LIB_DIRS) install doc clean stylecheck styleclean
 
+LDTESTS		:=$(wildcard ld/tests/*.data)
+LDTESTS		:=$(LDTESTS:.data=)
+genlinktests:
+	@for i in $(LDTESTS); do			\
+		printf "  TEST\t$$i\t: ";		\
+		./scripts/genlinktest.sh $$i || exit 1;	\
+	done
+
+.PHONY: build lib $(LIB_DIRS) install doc clean generatedheaders cleanheaders stylecheck genlinktests
diff --git a/ld/tests/single.data b/ld/tests/single.data
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8d505e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/tests/single.data
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+single END A B C D
diff --git a/ld/tests/single.result b/ld/tests/single.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9d51797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/tests/single.result
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+  -DA -DB -DC -DD
diff --git a/scripts/genlinktest.sh b/scripts/genlinktest.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfbebeb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/genlinktest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# run test
+PAAT=`basename $1`;
+awk -v PAT="$PAAT" -f scripts/genlink.awk $1.data > $1.out;
+
+#check test
+if ! diff -q $1.out $1.result >/dev/null; then
+	printf "FAILED\n";
+	exit 1;
+fi
+
+#remove workout only if it is OK
+rm -f $1.out
+
+printf "OK\n";
+exit 0  
\ No newline at end of file