diff --git a/utils/README b/utils/README
index 14cc4586b..6b617618e 100644
--- a/utils/README
+++ b/utils/README
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 executables:
+  adios_lint
+  -- check the XML file for correctness. No news is good news.
+  -- USAGE: ./adios_lint <config.xml>
+
   bpdump
   -- convert bp format to netcdf format
   -- USAGE: ./bpdump [-d [var]|--dump [var]] <filename>
diff --git a/utils/adios_lint/Makefile.am b/utils/adios_lint/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f78080f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/adios_lint/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+INCLUDES = $(all_includes)
+
+bin_PROGRAMS=adios_lint
+
+adios_lint_SOURCES=adios_lint.c
+adios_lint_CPPFLAGS=$(MXML_CPPFLAGS)
+adios_lint_LDFLAGS=$(MXML_LDFLAGS)
+adios_lint_LDADD=$(MXML_LIBS)