diff --git a/src/backend/parser/Makefile b/src/backend/parser/Makefile
index 0bdb324..08355ed 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/parser/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ else
 	@$(missing) flex $< $@
 endif
 
+check:
+	$(top_srcdir)/src/tools/check_keywords.pl $(top_srcdir)
 
 # Force these dependencies to be known even without dependency info built:
 gram.o keywords.o parser.o: gram.h