diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 33ae07b7a..57a92f999 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 #![feature(num_bits_bytes, iter_arith)]
 #![allow(unknown_lints)]
 
+// this only exists to allow the "dogfood" integration test to work
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn main() { println!("What are you doing? Don't run clippy as an executable"); }
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate syntax;
 #[macro_use]
diff --git a/tests/dogfood.rs b/tests/dogfood.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61e37c28c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dogfood.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+extern crate compiletest_rs as compiletest;
+
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::env::var;
+
+#[test]
+fn dogfood() {
+    let mut config = compiletest::default_config();
+
+    let cfg_mode = "run-pass".parse().ok().expect("Invalid mode");
+    let mut s = String::new();
+    s.push_str(" -L target/debug/");
+    s.push_str(" -L target/debug/deps");
+    s.push_str(" -Zextra-plugins=clippy -Ltarget_recur/debug -Dclippy_pedantic -Dclippy");
+    config.target_rustcflags = Some(s);
+    if let Ok(name) = var::<&str>("TESTNAME") {
+        let s : String = name.to_owned();
+        config.filter = Some(s)
+    }
+
+    config.mode = cfg_mode;
+
+    compiletest::runtest::run(config, &Path::new("src/lib.rs"));
+}