diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e1567ab5..c2c9a98d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,5 +22,10 @@ direct-build:
 
 direct-install:
 	go install -v $(GO_PACKAGES)
+
 local:
 	go test -v
+
+validate:
+	hack/validate.sh
+
diff --git a/hack/validate.sh b/hack/validate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b3434106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/validate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+# This script runs all validations
+
+validate() {
+    sed -i 's!docker/docker!docker/libcontainer!' /go/src/github.com/docker/docker/hack/make/.validate
+    /go/src/github.com/docker/docker/hack/make/validate-dco
+    /go/src/github.com/docker/docker/hack/make/validate-gofmt
+}
+
+# run validations
+validate