diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 23aa04d..ed9a58c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -41,4 +41,7 @@ install: all
 	install -Dm755 scdoc $(BINDIR)/scdoc
 	install -Dm644 scdoc.1 $(MANDIR)/man1/scdoc.1
 
-.PHONY: all clean install
+check: scdoc scdoc.1
+	@find test -executable -exec '{}' \;
+
+.PHONY: all clean install check
diff --git a/test/lib.sh b/test/lib.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09355ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+begin() {
+	printf '%-40s' "$1"
+}
+
+scdoc() {
+	./scdoc "$@" 2>&1
+}
+
+end() {
+	if [ $? -ne "$1" ]
+	then
+		printf 'FAIL\n'
+	else
+		printf 'OK\n'
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/test/preamble b/test/preamble
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..da35b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/preamble
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+. test/lib.sh
+
+begin "Expects a name"
+scdoc <<EOF >/dev/null
+(8)
+EOF
+end 1
+
+begin "Expects a section"
+scdoc <<EOF >/dev/null
+test
+EOF
+end 1
+
+begin "Expects name to alphanumeric"
+scdoc <<EOF >/dev/null
+____(8)
+EOF
+end 1
+
+begin "Expects section to be a number"
+scdoc <<EOF >/dev/null
+test(hello)
+EOF
+end 1
+
+begin "Expects section to legit"
+scdoc <<EOF >/dev/null
+test(100)
+EOF
+end 1
+
+begin "Accepts a valid preamble"
+scdoc <<EOF >/dev/null
+test(8)
+EOF
+end 0
+
+begin "Writes the appropriate header"
+scdoc <<EOF | grep '^\.TH "test" "8" "'"$(date +'%F')"'"' >/dev/null
+test(8)
+EOF
+end 0