diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8a341709e..8a74c8718 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -747,6 +747,12 @@ jtest:
 jdb_bench:
 	cd java;$(MAKE) db_bench;
 
+commit-prereq:
+	$(MAKE) clean && $(MAKE) all check;
+	$(MAKE) clean && $(MAKE) rocksdbjava;
+	$(MAKE) clean && USE_CLANG=1 $(MAKE) all;
+	$(MAKE) clean && OPT=-DROCKSDB_LITE $(MAKE) release;
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  	Platform-specific compilation
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------