diff --git a/bindings/python/Makefile b/bindings/python/Makefile
index b76020b3..d69913f1 100644
--- a/bindings/python/Makefile
+++ b/bindings/python/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-.PHONY: style
+.PHONY: style check-style
 
 # Format source code automatically
 
 style:
 	black --line-length 100 --target-version py35 examples tokenizers
+
+check-style:
+	black --check --line-length 100 --target-version py35 examples tokenizers