This paper presents a straightness measurement system for flat and long workpieces. The measurement system consists of a laser, a CCD camera and processing system, a carrier system with a stylus, and some optical units. The carrier system accompanies the stylus, which displaces and retroreflector along the surface profile. The optical unit is used to optically amplify displacement of the stylus unit. The developed system is applied to a ground surface and a LM guide unit. The experimental results show that the developed system can measure the straightness of flat surface and moving systems.