diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 62e8c3c..ed5517b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ fix_permissions:
 lint:
 	julia docs/build_lint.jl
 
+unittests:
+	julia docs/build_unittests.jl
+
 #coverage_report:
 #	julia -e 'Pkg.test("JuliaFEM"; coverage=true); cd(Pkg.dir("JuliaFEM")); Pkg.add("Coverage"); using Coverage; Coveralls.submit(Coveralls.process_folder())'
 
diff --git a/docs/build_unittests.jl b/docs/build_unittests.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5936c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/build_unittests.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import FactCheck
+import Logging
+include("badges.jl")
+
+cd(dirname(@__FILE__)) do
+    Logging.configure(output=open("quality/unittests_report.rst", "w"))
+    include("../test/runtests.jl")
+    s = FactCheck.getstats()
+    make_badge("unittests", s["nSuccesses"], sum(values(s)), "badges/unittests-status.svg")
+end
+