diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ec2ad2d3ee9..56e8496be5ac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ projectfiles/VC1*
 projectfiles/VC201*
 *Neuer Ordner*
 Thumbs.db
+error.log
diff --git a/wml_unit_tests b/wml_unit_tests
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..e3f66d13fcfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wml_unit_tests
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+./wesnoth -u unit_test_1 2> error.log
+./wesnoth --validcache -u unit_test_2 2> error.log
+./wesnoth --validcache -u unit_test_3 2> error.log
+rm error.log