diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a509f520ef..1e476c208e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ test: test_math test_examples
 test_examples: all
 	CONF_XML=conf/conf_tests.xml prove tests/examples/
 
+test_all_confs: all
+	$(Q)$(eval $CONFS:=$(shell ./find_confs.py))
+	@echo "Found $(words $($CONFS)) config files: $($CONFS)"
+	$(Q)$(foreach conf,$($CONFS),echo "Testing all aircrafts in conf: $(conf)" && CONF_XML=$(conf) prove tests/examples/ ;)
+
 # run some math tests that don't need whole paparazzi to be built
 test_math:
 	make -C tests/math
@@ -331,4 +336,4 @@ test_sim: all
 subdirs $(SUBDIRS) conf ext libpprz multimon cockpit cockpit.opt tmtc tmtc.opt generators\
 static sim_static lpctools commands \
 clean cleanspaces ab_clean dist_clean distclean dist_clean_irreversible \
-test test_examples test_math test_sim
+test test_examples test_math test_sim test_all_confs
diff --git a/find_confs.py b/find_confs.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..28dd787a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/find_confs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import os
+from fnmatch import fnmatch
+
+def find_conf_files(pprz_home, conf_dir, exclude_backups=True):
+    conf_files = []
+    pattern = "*conf[._-]*xml"
+    backup_pattern = "*conf[._-]*xml.20[0-9][0-9]-[01][0-9]-[0-3][0-9]_*"
+    excludes = ["%gconf.xml"]
+
+    for path, subdirs, files in os.walk(conf_dir):
+        for name in files:
+            if exclude_backups and fnmatch(name, backup_pattern):
+                continue
+            if fnmatch(name, pattern):
+                filepath = os.path.join(path, name)
+                entry = os.path.relpath(filepath, pprz_home)
+                if not os.path.islink(filepath) and name not in excludes:
+                    conf_files.append(entry)
+    return conf_files
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    paparazzi_home = os.getenv("PAPARAZZI_HOME", os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+    # print("PAPARAZZI_HOME=" + paparazzi_home)
+    conf_dir = os.path.join(paparazzi_home, "conf")
+    # print("conf dir: " + conf_dir)
+    conf_files = find_conf_files(paparazzi_home, conf_dir)
+    print(" ".join(conf_files))