diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fcfd913..058088e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ ${PROJECT}: ${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
 
 release: ${PROJECT}
 
+run: release
+	$(QUIET)./${BUILDDIR_RELEASE}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
+
 # debug build
 
 ${OBJECTS_DEBUG}: config.mk ${PROJECT}/version.h \
@@ -145,6 +148,9 @@ ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS_DEBUG}
 
 debug: ${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
 
+run-debug: debug
+	$(QUIET)./${BUILDDIR_DEBUG}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
+
 # gcov build
 
 ${OBJECTS_GCOV}: config.mk ${PROJECT}/version.h \
@@ -170,6 +176,9 @@ gcov: options ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
 	$(call colorecho,LCOV,"Generate report")
 	$(QUIET)${GENHTML_EXEC} ${GENHTML_FLAGS}
 
+run-gcov: ${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
+	$(QUIET)./${BUILDDIR_GCOV}/${BINDIR}/${PROJECT}
+
 # clean
 
 clean: