diff --git a/make/run.mk b/make/run.mk
index 50b0559b..f7f75e08 100644
--- a/make/run.mk
+++ b/make/run.mk
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ restart: stop wait-stop all start
 valgrind:
 	rm -f $(CORE)
 	valgrind $(VALGRIND_OPTS) $(EXE_PATH) $(EXE_ARGS)
-	
+
 supp.tmp:
 	valgrind  --gen-suppressions=all $(EXE_PATH) $(EXE_ARGS) 2>$@.tmp; mv $@.tmp $@ || exit 0
 
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ callgrind-dump:
 snap:
 	killall -SIGUSR1 $(notdir $(EXE_PATH))
 
+check-conf:
+	$(firstword $(wildcard $(CVS_PROJ_DIR)/valdi/bin/checkconf) checkconf) -p --log-flags console \
+		$(shell echo $(EXE_ARGS) | sed 's/.*--config-file *//; s/ .*//')
+
 endif
 
 stop: