diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 0d0b1daf3..dad44088b 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -406,6 +406,43 @@
     <fail message="Unit tests failed - Report is available in ${report}"/>
   </target>
 
+  <!-- To run the tests need Xalan in the classpath -->
+  <target name="run.test.suite"
+          depends="compile.tests,require.junit,require.xalan"
+          description="Runs the tests for checkstyle as a test suite">
+
+    <mkdir dir="${testreport.dir}"/>
+    <property name="testinputs.dir"
+              location="src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle"/>
+    <property name="testcases" value="**/AllTests.java"/>
+
+    <junit printsummary="yes"
+           fork="yes"
+           haltonfailure="no"
+           showoutput="yes"
+           failureProperty="tests.have.failed">
+      <jvmarg value="-Dtestinputs.dir=${testinputs.dir}"/>
+      <formatter type="xml" />
+      <classpath refid="tests.runpath"/>
+      <batchtest todir="${testreport.dir}">
+        <fileset dir="src/tests">
+          <include name="${testcases}" />
+        </fileset>
+      </batchtest>
+    </junit>
+
+    <junitreport todir="${testreport.dir}">
+      <fileset dir="${testreport.dir}">
+        <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
+      </fileset>
+      <report todir="${testreport.dir}"/>
+    </junitreport>
+
+    <!-- if only fail had an if attribute ... ugly workaround follows -->
+    <antcall target="check.tests.failed"/>
+
+  </target>
+
   <target name="jdepend">
     <mkdir dir="target/jdep"/>
     <jdepend format="xml" outputfile="target/jdep/jdepend-report.xml">
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/AllTests.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/AllTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb74be3a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/AllTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestSuite;
+
+/**
+ * Enter a description of class AllTests.java.
+ * @author Rick Giles
+ * @version 13-Nov-2002
+ */
+public class AllTests {
+
+    public static Test suite() {
+        TestSuite suite =
+            new TestSuite("Test for com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle");
+        //$JUnit-BEGIN$
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(AvoidStarImportTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(ConstantNameCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(EmptyBlockCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(EqualsHashCodeCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(FileLengthCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(GenericIllegalRegexpCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(GlobalPropertiesSerializationTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(GlobalPropertiesTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(HeaderCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(HiddenFieldCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(IllegalImportCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(IllegalInstantiationCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(InnerAssignmentCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(JavadocMethodCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(JavadocTypeCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(JavadocVariableCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(LineLengthCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(LocalFinalVariableNameCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(LocalVariableNameCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(LocalizedMessageTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(MemberNameCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(MethodLeftCurlyCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(MethodLengthCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(MethodNameCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(ModifierCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(NeedBracesCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(NoWhitespaceAfterCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(NoWhitespaceBeforeCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(OperatorWrapCheckTest.class));
+        
+        // TODO: Why does one test fail?
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(OtherLeftCurlyCheckTest.class));
+        
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(PackageNameCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(ParameterNameCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(ParameterNumberCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(ParenPadCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(PublicMemberNameCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(RedundantImportCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(RedundantModifierTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(RightCurlyCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(SimplifyBooleanExpressionCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(SimplifyBooleanReturnCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(StaticVariableNameCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(StringArrayReaderTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(TabCharacterCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(TodoCommentCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(TreeWalkerTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(TypeLeftCurlyCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(TypeNameCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(UnusedImportsCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(UpperEllCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(UtilsTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(VisibilityModifierCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(WhitespaceAfterCheckTest.class));
+        suite.addTest(new TestSuite(WhitespaceAroundTest.class));
+        //$JUnit-END$
+        return suite;
+    }
+}