diff --git a/project/build/funcheck.scala b/project/build/funcheck.scala
index be1a00b777619697d3c7f994cb69c93896235d27..b2de809e155252fa9da03be6bf4eba7194edea9f 100644
--- a/project/build/funcheck.scala
+++ b/project/build/funcheck.scala
@@ -7,4 +7,9 @@ class FunCheckProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
   override def dependencyPath      = "lib"
 
   override def compileOptions = super.compileOptions ++ Seq(Unchecked)
+
+  lazy val scalac = task {
+    println("Running scalac...")
+    None
+  } dependsOn(`package`) describedAs("Runs scalac with the FunCheck plugin.")
 }