diff --git a/test/.gitignore b/test/.gitignore
index 7a21328b..477ba279 100644
--- a/test/.gitignore
+++ b/test/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ cmake_install.cmake
 node_modules
 ixwebsocket
 Makefile
+build
diff --git a/test/run.sh b/test/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef727cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+mkdir build 
+cd build
+cmake .. 
+make 
+./ixwebsocket_unittest