diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e562010002de48c4e7de6ea6438e08f634889d09..177b0ea618402cb5033e2443a3f78184ee352490 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -155,3 +155,7 @@ ca-bundle: lib/mk-ca-bundle.pl
 ca-firefox: lib/firefox-db2pem.sh
 	@echo "generate a fresh ca-bundle.crt"
 	./lib/firefox-db2pem.sh lib/ca-bundle.crt
+
+checksrc:
+	cd lib && $(MAKE) checksrc
+	cd src && $(MAKE) checksrc
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 0e80f5e1858f1ec8c39cb1e925a4f04b8594f613..fa6b846ad2a5e332a367fc8bb065bcd1d3ac6e43 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -185,9 +185,11 @@ $(VCPROJ): vc8proj.head vc8proj.foot Makefile.am
 	done; \
 	cat $(srcdir)/vc8proj.foot $(VCPROJOUT) )
 
+
+checksrc:
+	@@PERL@ $(top_srcdir)/lib/checksrc.pl -D$(top_srcdir)/lib $(CSOURCES) $(HHEADERS)
+
 if CURLDEBUG
 # for debug builds, we scan the sources on all regular make invokes
-all-local:
-	@@PERL@ $(top_srcdir)/lib/checksrc.pl -D$(top_srcdir)/lib $(CSOURCES) $(HHEADERS)
+all-local: checksrc
 endif
-
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index c1915f7f77f8f4922d3029cba3fc3487bc4d3ca4..d697e78ea32c6189a423a71f2e634e4756fca43e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -96,10 +96,12 @@ $(HUGE):
 	echo "void hugehelp(void) {}" >>$(HUGE)
 endif
 
-if CURLDEBUG
-# for debug builds, we scan the sources on all regular make invokes
 # ignore hugehelp.c since it is generated source code and it plays by slightly
 # different rules!
-all-local:
+checksrc:
 	@@PERL@ $(top_srcdir)/lib/checksrc.pl -D$(top_srcdir)/src -Whugehelp.c $(curl_SOURCES)
+
+if CURLDEBUG
+# for debug builds, we scan the sources on all regular make invokes
+all-local: checksrc
 endif