diff --git a/scripts/tests.sh b/scripts/tests.sh
index dfbda7342..cf18cb262 100755
--- a/scripts/tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/tests.sh
@@ -30,20 +30,8 @@ set -e
 
 REPO_ROOT="$(dirname "$0")"/..
 
- # Compile all files in std and examples.
-
-for f in "$REPO_ROOT"/std/*.sol
-do
-    echo "Compiling $f..."
-    set +e
-    output=$("$REPO_ROOT"/build/solc/solc "$f" 2>&1)
-    failed=$?
-    # Remove the pre-release warning from the compiler output
-    output=$(echo "$output" | grep -v 'pre-release')
-    echo "$output"
-    set -e
-    test -z "$output" -a "$failed" -eq 0
-done
+echo "Running commandline tests..."
+"$REPO_ROOT/test/cmdlineTests.sh"
 
 # This conditional is only needed because we don't have a working Homebrew
 # install for `eth` at the time of writing, so we unzip the ZIP file locally
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests.sh b/test/cmdlineTests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fc48654a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Bash script to run commandline Solidity tests.
+#
+# The documentation for solidity is hosted at:
+#
+#     https://solidity.readthedocs.org
+#
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This file is part of solidity.
+#
+# solidity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# solidity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with solidity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+#
+# (c) 2016 solidity contributors.
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+set -e
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(dirname "$0")"/..
+SOLC="$REPO_ROOT/build/solc/solc"
+
+ # Compile all files in std and examples.
+
+for f in "$REPO_ROOT"/std/*.sol
+do
+    echo "Compiling $f..."
+    set +e
+    output=$("$SOLC" "$f" 2>&1)
+    failed=$?
+    # Remove the pre-release warning from the compiler output
+    output=$(echo "$output" | grep -v 'pre-release')
+    echo "$output"
+    set -e
+    test -z "$output" -a "$failed" -eq 0
+done
+
+# Test library checksum
+echo 'contact C {}' | "$SOLC" --link --libraries a:0x90f20564390eAe531E810af625A22f51385Cd222
+! echo 'contract C {}' | "$SOLC" --link --libraries a:0x80f20564390eAe531E810af625A22f51385Cd222 2>/dev/null