diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 30a556e04..329c64ba2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1212,3 +1212,38 @@ reg-tests-help:
 	@echo "(see --help option of this script for more information)."
 
 .PHONY: reg-tests reg-tests-help
+
+# "make range" iteratively builds using "make all" and the exact same build
+# options for all commits within RANGE. RANGE may be either a git range
+# such as ref1..ref2 or a single commit, in which case all commits from
+# the master branch to this one will be tested.
+
+range:
+	$(Q)[ -d .git/. ] || { echo "## Fatal: \"make $@\" may only be used inside a Git repository."; exit 1; }
+
+	$(Q)if git diff-index --name-only HEAD 2>/dev/null | grep -q ^; then \
+		echo "Fatal: \"make $@\" requires a clean working tree."; exit 1; fi
+
+	$(Q)[ -n "$(RANGE)" ] || { echo "## Fatal: \"make $@\" requires a git commit range in RANGE."; exit 1; }
+	$(Q)[ -n "$(TARGET)" ] || { echo "## Fatal: \"make $@\" needs the same variables as \"all\" (TARGET etc)."; exit 1; }
+
+	$(Q) (  die() { echo;echo "## Stopped in error at index [ $$index/$$count ] commit $$commit";\
+			echo "Previous branch was $$BRANCH"; exit $$1; }; \
+		BRANCH=$$(git branch --show-current HEAD 2>/dev/null); \
+		[ -n "$$BRANCH" ] || { echo "Fatal: \"make $@\" may only be used inside a checked out branch."; exit 1; }; \
+		[ -z "$${RANGE##*..*}" ] || RANGE="master..$${RANGE}"; \
+		COMMITS=( $$(git rev-list --abbrev-commit --reverse "$${RANGE}") ); \
+		index=1; count=$${#COMMITS[@]}; \
+		[ "$${count}" -gt 0 ] || { echo "## Fatal: no commit(s) found in range $${RANGE}."; exit 1; }; \
+		echo "Found $${count} commit(s) in range $${RANGE}." ; \
+		echo "Current branch is $$BRANCH"; \
+		echo "Starting to building now..."; \
+		for commit in $${COMMITS[@]}; do \
+			echo "[ $$index/$$count ]   $$commit #############################"; \
+			git checkout -q $$commit || die 1; \
+			$(MAKE) all || die 1; \
+			((index++)); \
+		done; \
+		echo;echo "Done! $${count} commit(s) built successfully for RANGE $${RANGE}" ; \
+		git checkout -q "$$BRANCH"; \
+	)