diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 include test/Makefile.am
 include doc/Makefile.am
 include tools/Makefile.am
+include scripts/Makefile.am
 
 DIST_SUBDIRS = demo
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -83,6 +83,21 @@
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL([WANT_TOOLS], [test x"$enable_tools" != x"no"])
 
+dnl Support for running test cases using valgrind.
+use_valgrind=no
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([valgrind],
+AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-valgrind], [use valgrind when running tests]),
+              [use_valgrind=yes])
+
+if [[ "$use_valgrind" = "yes" ]]; then
+  AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_VALGRIND, valgrind, yes, no)
+
+  if [[ "$HAVE_VALGRIND" = "no" ]]; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Valgrind not found in PATH.])
+  fi
+fi
+AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_VALGRIND, [test "$use_valgrind" = "yes"])
+
 dnl Checks for header files.
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(limits.h sys/time.h sys/times.h unistd.h)
 
@@ -128,6 +143,7 @@
 echo CBC support................... : $lx_cbc_found
 echo
 echo Build additional tools........ : $enable_tools
+echo Use valgrind for tests........ : $use_valgrind
 echo
 echo The packace will be installed in
 echo -n '  '
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+EXTRA_DIST += \
+	scripts/bib2dox.py \
+	scripts/bootstrap.sh \
+	scripts/chg-len.py \
+	scripts/mk-release.sh \
+	scripts/unify-sources.sh \
+	scripts/valgrind-wrapper.sh
diff --git a/scripts/bib2dox.py b/scripts/bib2dox.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/valgrind-wrapper.sh b/scripts/valgrind-wrapper.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/valgrind-wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Run in valgrind, with leak checking enabled
+
+valgrind -q --leak-check=full "$@" 2> .valgrind-log
+
+# Save the test result
+
+result="$?"
+
+# Valgrind should generate no error messages
+
+log_contents="`cat .valgrind-log`"
+
+if [ "$log_contents" != "" ]; then
+        cat .valgrind-log >&2
+        result=1
+fi
+
+rm -f .valgrind-log
+
+exit $result
diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+if USE_VALGRIND
+TESTS_ENVIRONMENT=$(top_srcdir)/scripts/valgrind-wrapper.sh
+endif
+
 EXTRA_DIST += \
 	test/CMakeLists.txt