diff --git a/t/syntax.t b/t/syntax.t
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use Test;
+
+my @progs="ikiwiki";
+my @libs="IkiWiki.pm";
+push @libs, map { chomp; $_ } `find IkiWiki -type f -name \\*.pm`;
+
+plan(tests => (@progs + @libs));
+
+foreach my $file (@progs) {
+        print "# Testing $file\n";
+        ok(system("perl -T -c $file >/dev/null 2>&1"), 0);
+}
+foreach my $file (@libs) {
+        print "# Testing $file\n";
+        ok(system("perl -c $file >/dev/null 2>&1"), 0);
+}