diff --git a/codes/jacobi-1d/jacobi-1d.c b/codes/jacobi-1d/jacobi-1d.c
index feceb5d17f94167a71f84fb886ed3d587be5200a..6cd537c4969ed043120550cb4f230b2214a0d00d 100644
--- a/codes/jacobi-1d/jacobi-1d.c
+++ b/codes/jacobi-1d/jacobi-1d.c
@@ -57,6 +57,26 @@ void print_array(int n,
   POLYBENCH_DUMP_FINISH;
 }
 
+extern double _binary_data_bin_start;
+extern double _binary_data_bin_end;
+
+static
+void calc_error(int n,
+		 DATA_TYPE POLYBENCH_1D(A,N,n))
+{
+    int i;
+    double err = 0;
+    double *accurate = &_binary_data_bin_start;
+    double *test = &(A[0]);
+
+    /* calculate the mean squared error */
+    for(i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        err += (accurate[i] - test[i])*(accurate[i] - test[i]);
+    }
+    err /= n;
+    printf("error: %f\n", err);
+}
+
 
 /* Main computational kernel. The whole function will be timed,
    including the call and return. */
@@ -109,6 +129,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
      by the function call in argument. */
   polybench_prevent_dce(print_array(n, POLYBENCH_ARRAY(A)));
 
+  calc_error(n, POLYBENCH_ARRAY(A));
+
   /* Be clean. */
   POLYBENCH_FREE_ARRAY(A);
   POLYBENCH_FREE_ARRAY(B);