diff --git a/apatheia.nimble b/apatheia.nimble
index 7bda637..da2af8c 100644
--- a/apatheia.nimble
+++ b/apatheia.nimble
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ requires "threading"
 requires "taskpools >= 0.0.5"
 requires "chronicles"
 
+include "build.nims"
diff --git a/build.nims b/build.nims
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fe8fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.nims
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+import std/[os, strutils]
+
+task test, "unit tests":
+  for file in listFiles("tests"):
+    let name = file.splitPath().tail
+    if name.startsWith("t") and name.endsWith(".nim"):
+      exec "nim c -r " & file
diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
index bae2200..60f0c73 100644
--- a/config.nims
+++ b/config.nims
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 
 --threads:on
+
+include "build.nims"