diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3575b7b2ed4fd8..f46d286ce5f50c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ To read the documentation:
 $ man doc/iojs.1
 ```
 
+To test if io.js was built correctly:
+
+```
+$ iojs -e "console.log('Hello from io.js ' + process.version)"
+```
+
 ### Windows
 
 Prerequisites:
@@ -140,6 +146,12 @@ To run the tests:
 > vcbuild test
 ```
 
+To test if io.js was built correctly:
+
+```
+$ iojs -e "console.log('Hello from io.js ' + process.version)"
+```
+
 ### Android / Android based devices, aka. Firefox OS
 
 Be sure you have downloaded and extracted [Android NDK]