diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a463ddf..50dd036 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ all:
 	make -C virtbuf-example
 	make -C zoopb-example
 	make -C testGui
+	make -C going2git	# actually builds against git2go using libgit2 v1.8.4