diff --git a/contrib/checkplf/Makefile b/contrib/checkplf/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d6111cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/checkplf/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+checkplf: checkplf.cpp
+	g++ checkplf.cpp -I../../moses/ ../../lib/libmoses.a -o checkplf