diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ee63f35091dee2e6acb74824a9b3e4f4144770f0..a0e17d3bcbbe76c7acc967c5bf3b287ed0353268 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ gdebug: EXEC = $(BINDIR)/gyacomo23_debug
 gdebug: dirs src/srcinfo.h
 gdebug: compile
 
+# test SVD
+test_svd: F90 = mpif90
+test_svd: F90FLAGS = -DTEST_SVD -g -traceback -ftrapuv -warn all -debug all
+test_svd: EXEC = $(BINDIR)/gyacomo23_test_svd
+test_svd: dirs src/srcinfo.h
+test_svd: dirs src/srcinfo.h
+test_svd: LAPACKDIR  = $(HOME)/lib/lapack-3.10.0
+test_svd: LIBS  += -llapack -lblas
+test_svd: LDIRS += -L$(LAPACKDIR)
+test_svd: compile
 # subroutines
 dirs:
 	mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
diff --git a/local/dirs.inc b/local/dirs.inc
index cb3688608f342cf7bab76bc27c3971f35163b3e1..99cbc0a7e58a46caa035035013e5eac19484282d 100644
--- a/local/dirs.inc
+++ b/local/dirs.inc
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ FMDIR      = $(HOME)/lib/FM
 FFTW3DIR   = $(HOME)/lib/fftw-3.3.10
 #FFTW3DIR   = $(FFTW_HOME)#for Marconi
 FUTILS_DIR = $(HOME)/lib/futils/src
-LAPACKDIR  = $(HOME)/lib/lapack-3.11.0