diff --git a/modules/Makefile.in b/modules/Makefile.in
index f1cb0ca46..cbc84403c 100644
--- a/modules/Makefile.in
+++ b/modules/Makefile.in
@@ -7,6 +7,4 @@ all:
 install uninstall clean distclean maintainer-clean distdir:
 	$(MAKE) -C @kernelsrc@ SUBDIRS=`pwd` @KERNELMAKE_PARAMS@ $@
 
-
-
-
+check:
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index 1c92f977b..eb711fec6 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = spl.spec.in
+
+check:
+	./check.sh
diff --git a/scripts/check.sh b/scripts/check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d98c67092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+prog=check.sh
+spl_module=../modules/spl/spl.ko
+splat_module=../modules/splat/splat.ko
+splat_cmd=../cmd/splat
+
+die() {
+	echo "${prog}: $1" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+warn() {
+	echo "${prog}: $1" >&2
+}
+
+if [ $(id -u) != 0 ]; then
+	die "Must run as root"
+fi
+
+if /sbin/lsmod | egrep -q "^spl|^splat"; then
+	die "Must start with spl modules unloaded"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f ${spl_module} ] || [ ! -f ${splat_module} ]; then
+	die "Source tree must be built, run 'make'"
+fi
+
+echo "Loading ${spl_module}"
+/sbin/insmod ${spl_module} || die "Failed to load ${spl_module}"
+
+echo "Loading ${splat_module}"
+/sbin/insmod ${splat_module} || die "Unable to load ${splat_module}"
+
+sleep 5
+$splat_cmd -a
+
+echo "Unloading ${splat_module}"
+/sbin/rmmod ${splat_module} || die "Failed to unload ${splat_module}"
+
+echo "Unloading ${spl_module}"
+/sbin/rmmod ${spl_module} || die "Unable to unload ${spl_module}"
+
+exit 0