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@@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ To run the tests:
 $ make test
 ```
 
+To run the native module tests:
+
+```text
+$ make test-addons
+```
+
+To run the npm test suite:
+
+*note: to run the suite on node v4 or earlier you must first*
+*run `make install`*
+
+```
+$ make test-npm
+```
+
 To build the documentation:
 
 ```text