diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 49523d097af7cac95354f7a808f5654e57f6fa21..a6179195ceb1831047aafffcdafaac522ca849ea 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ unit_coveralls:
 should_coveralls:
 	coveralls --exclude release --exclude algo/lib --exclude algo/tests --exclude algo/tools --exclude tests --exclude tools --exclude lib --gcov-options '\-lp' -r algo
 
+
+### cppcheck
+
+cppcheck:
+	mkdir -p reports
+	cppcheck --enable=all --xml . 2>! reports/cppcheck.xml
+
+###
+
 data germline: %:
 	make -C $@