diff --git a/man/Makefile b/man/Makefile
index b8f0e42e..df869608 100644
--- a/man/Makefile
+++ b/man/Makefile
@@ -34,4 +34,6 @@ install:
 		${MAKE_LINKS} \
 	done
 
+check test::
+
 clean:
diff --git a/mk/lib.mk b/mk/lib.mk
index fb509554..9c5cc229 100644
--- a/mk/lib.mk
+++ b/mk/lib.mk
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ install: all
 	${INSTALL} -d ${DESTDIR}${INCDIR}
 	for x in ${INCS}; do ${INSTALL} -m ${INCMODE} $$x ${DESTDIR}${INCDIR}; done
 
+check test::
+
 clean:
 	rm -f ${OBJS} ${SOBJS} ${_LIBS} ${SHLIB_LINK} ${CLEANFILES}
 
diff --git a/mk/scripts.mk b/mk/scripts.mk
index 5404e952..3021c92c 100644
--- a/mk/scripts.mk
+++ b/mk/scripts.mk
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ realinstall: ${BIN} ${CONF} ${CONF_APPEND}
 
 install: all realinstall ${INSTALLAFTER}
 
+check test::
+
 # A lot of scripts don't have anything to clean
 # Also, some rm implentation require a file argument regardless of error
 # so we ensure that it has a bogus argument
diff --git a/mk/subdir.mk b/mk/subdir.mk
index ca54176e..fcb5cf22 100644
--- a/mk/subdir.mk
+++ b/mk/subdir.mk
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ clean:
 realinstall:
 	${_SUBDIR}
 install: realinstall ${INSTALLAFTER}
+check test::
+	${_SUBDIR}
 depend:
 	${_SUBDIR}
 gitignore:
diff --git a/runlevels/Makefile b/runlevels/Makefile
index 34e92aac..38d93060 100644
--- a/runlevels/Makefile
+++ b/runlevels/Makefile
@@ -34,4 +34,6 @@ install:
 			ln -snf ${PREFIX}/etc/init.d/"$$x" ${DEFAULTDIR}/"$$x" || exit $$?; done \
 	fi
 
+check test::
+
 clean:
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 6cc6872d..151bced4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright 2007-2008 Roy Marples
 
-SUBDIR=		libeinfo librc rc
+SUBDIR=		test libeinfo librc rc
 
 MK=		../mk
 include		${MK}/subdir.mk
diff --git a/src/rc/Makefile b/src/rc/Makefile
index 2779a447..76e635dc 100644
--- a/src/rc/Makefile
+++ b/src/rc/Makefile
@@ -71,5 +71,7 @@ install: all
 		${INSTALL} -m ${PAMMODE} start-stop-daemon.pam ${DESTDIR}${PAMDIR}/start-stop-daemon; \
 	fi
 
+check test::
+
 links: rc
 	for l in ${ALL_LINKS}; do ln -sf rc $$l || exit $$? ; done
diff --git a/src/test/Makefile b/src/test/Makefile
index e1747c25..c3e879ea 100644
--- a/src/test/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 all:
 
-check:
+install:
+
+check test::
 	./symbols.sh
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.out
-
-.PHONY: all check clean