diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/create.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/create.rb
index dc39fc381b..c7fe22fc77 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/create.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/create.rb
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ class FormulaCreator
     <% end %>
         system "make install"
       end
+
+      def test
+        # this will fail we won't accept that, make it test the program works!
+        system "/usr/bin/false"
+      end
     end
     EOS
   end