diff --git a/tools/smf-load/makefile b/tools/smf-load/makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3738776773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/smf-load/makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+AD = ../..
+CXXFLAGS = -Wall
+CPPFLAGS =  -I $(AD)/libs/evoral -I $(AD)/libs/pbd -I $(AD)/build/libs/pbd
+CPPFLAGS += `pkg-config --cflags libxml-2.0 glibmm-2.4`
+
+LDFLAGS = -L $(AD)/build/libs/pbd -lpbd -Xlinker -rpath=$(AD)/build/libs/pbd
+LDFLAGS += -L $(AD)/build/libs/temporal -ltemporal -Xlinker -rpath=$(AD)/build/libs/temporal
+LDFLAGS += -L $(AD)/build/libs/evoral -levoral -Xlinker -rpath=$(AD)/build/libs/evoral
+
+LDLIBS = `pkg-config --libs libxml-2.0 glibmm-2.4`
+
+smfload: smfload.cc libevoral
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ smfload.cc $(LDLIBS)
+
+libevoral:
+	cd $(AD); ./waf build --targets=libevoral
+
+clean:
+	rm -f smfload
+
+.PHONY: libevoral clean
diff --git a/tools/smf-load/smfload.cc b/tools/smf-load/smfload.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fc82d2f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/smf-load/smfload.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
+
+#include "evoral/SMF.h"
+#include "libsmf/smf.h"
+
+int
+main (int argc, char** argv)
+{
+	const char* fn = "";
+
+	if (argc > 1) {
+		fn = argv[1];
+	} else {
+		std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " <midi file>.\n";
+		::exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+#if 0
+	Evoral::SMF smf;
+	smf.open (fn);
+	printf ("SMF '%s' tracks=%d, ppqn=%d\n", fn, smf.num_tracks (), smf.ppqn());
+#else
+	FILE* f = g_fopen(fn, "r");
+	if (!f) {
+		printf ("SMF failed to open file '%s'\n", fn);
+		::exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	printf ("SMF loading file '%s'\n", fn);
+	smf_t* smf = smf_load (f);
+	fclose(f);
+
+	if (!smf) {
+		printf ("SMF failed to load '%s'\n", fn);
+		::exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	printf ("SMF '%s' tracks=%d, ppqn=%d\n", fn, smf->number_of_tracks, smf->ppqn);
+
+	smf_delete (smf);
+#endif
+
+	return 0;
+}