diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 6ac5c5a..9568d67 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ end
 require 'rake/extensiontask'
 Rake::ExtensionTask.new("sdbm")
 
+task :test => :compile
 task :default => [:compile, :test]