diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dd6432b..6e614d8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,21 @@ check:
 			"line $${errors}" 1>&2 ; \
 	done
 
+check-all:
+	@which puppet > /dev/null 2>&1 || ( \
+		echo "puppet not installed, cannot perform syntax checking" \
+		1>&2 ; exit 1 )
+	@for name in `find . -name \*.pp` ; do \
+		echo -n "$${name}: " ; \
+		errors="`puppet --color=false --parseonly --ignoreimport $${name}`" ; \
+		if [ $$? -eq 0 ]; then \
+			echo "ok" ; \
+		else \
+			echo "error" ; \
+			echo "$${errors}" 1>&2 ; \
+		fi \
+	done
+
 rdoc: $(MANIFESTS)
 	mkdir .$$$$ ; \
 		puppetdoc --mode rdoc --outputdir rdoc --modulepath . --manifestdir .$$$$ ; \