diff --git a/lib/php/test/Makefile.am b/lib/php/test/Makefile.am
index 1292b81..a529d8c 100755
--- a/lib/php/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/php/test/Makefile.am
@@ -19,15 +19,27 @@
 
 THRIFT = $(top_builddir)/compiler/cpp/thrift
 
-stubs: ../../../test/ThriftTest.thrift
+stubs: ../../../test/ThriftTest.thrift  TestValidators.thrift
 	mkdir -p ./packages
 	$(THRIFT) --gen php -r --out ./packages ../../../test/ThriftTest.thrift
+	mkdir -p ./packages/phpv
+	mkdir -p ./packages/phpvo
+	$(THRIFT) --gen php:validate     -r --out ./packages/phpv   TestValidators.thrift 
+	$(THRIFT) --gen php:validate,oop -r --out ./packages/phpvo  TestValidators.thrift 
+	
+check-validator: stubs 
+	php Test/Thrift/TestValidators.php 
+	php Test/Thrift/TestValidators.php -oop 
 
+check-protocol:	stubs
 if HAVE_PHPUNIT
-check: stubs
 	$(PHPUNIT) --log-junit=phpunit.xml Test/Thrift/Protocol/TestTJSONProtocol.php
 	$(PHPUNIT) --log-junit=phpunit.xml Test/Thrift/Protocol/TestBinarySerializer.php
 endif
+	
+check: stubs \
+  check-protocol \
+  check-validator
 
 clean-local:
 	$(RM) -r ./packages