Index: config/gen/makefiles/root.in
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--- config/gen/makefiles/root.in	(revision 16324)
+++ config/gen/makefiles/root.in	(working copy)
@@ -631,7 +631,20 @@
 vtable.dump : vtable.tbl
 	$(PMC2CV)
 
+PROVE = /usr/local/bin/prove -v
+PMC2CUTILS_DIR = t/tools/pmc2cutils
 
+testbuildtools : 
+	$(PROVE) \
+        $(PMC2CUTILS_DIR)/00-qualify.t \
+        $(PMC2CUTILS_DIR)/01-pmc2cutils.t \
+        $(PMC2CUTILS_DIR)/02-find_file.t \
+        $(PMC2CUTILS_DIR)/03-dump_vtable.t \
+        $(PMC2CUTILS_DIR)/04-dump_pmc.t \
+        $(PMC2CUTILS_DIR)/05-gen_c.t \
+        $(PMC2CUTILS_DIR)/06-print_tree.t \
+        $(PMC2CUTILS_DIR)/07-open_file.t
+
 # This is a listing of all targets, that are meant to be called by users
 help :
 	@echo ""
@@ -681,6 +694,7 @@
 	@echo "  benchmark_tests:   Run all benchmarks."
 	@echo "  manitest:          Check for new and missing files."
 	@echo "  doc_tests:         Check POD syntax of all file containing POD."
+	@echo "  testbuildtools:    Test build tool pmc2c.pl."
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "Smoke Testing:"
 	@echo "  smoke:             Run the test suite and send smoke.html to "