diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 030fd3fb0..7e57e1680 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ examples:
 manual:
 	$(MAKE) -C contrib/gen_html $@
 
+.PHONY: cleanTabs
+cleanTabs:
+	cd contrib; ./cleanTabs
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	@$(MAKE) -C $(ZSTDDIR) $@ > $(VOID)
diff --git a/contrib/cleanTabs b/contrib/cleanTabs
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..215913a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/cleanTabs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+sed -i '' $'s/\t/    /g' ../lib/**/*.{h,c} ../programs/*.{h,c} ../tests/*.c ./**/*.{h,cpp} ../examples/*.c ../zlibWrapper/*.{h,c}