diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
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index 00000000..8cdd8019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+all-tests:
+	cd encoding ; make
+	cd charset ; make
+	cd mailbox ; make
+
diff --git a/tests/charset/Makefile b/tests/charset/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c0fe6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/charset/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+
+main: main.cpp ../../libvmime-debug.a
+	g++ -g -o main main.cpp ../../libvmime-debug.a
+
diff --git a/tests/encoding/Makefile b/tests/encoding/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c0fe6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/encoding/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+
+main: main.cpp ../../libvmime-debug.a
+	g++ -g -o main main.cpp ../../libvmime-debug.a
+
diff --git a/tests/mailbox/Makefile b/tests/mailbox/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97e76b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/mailbox/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+main: main.cpp ../../libvmime-debug.a
+	g++ -g -o main main.cpp ../../libvmime-debug.a
+