diff --git a/testsuite/Makefile.am b/testsuite/Makefile.am
index a5d1162c5e780296bac077265cfee2276cbc51ea..b916990e4d2e8b62fa4e84ed54c86a31f7661550 100644
--- a/testsuite/Makefile.am
+++ b/testsuite/Makefile.am
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ LDADD = testutils.o -lnettle ../libnettle.a
 EXTRA_DIST = $(TS_SH) testutils.c testutils.h \
 	     run-tests rfc1750.txt
 
-.PHONY: run-tests
-run-tests: $(TS_ALL)
+.PHONY: check 
+check: $(TS_ALL) "$(srcdir)"/run-tests
 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../.lib srcdir="$(srcdir)" \
 	  "$(srcdir)"/run-tests $(TS_ALL)
-
-check: run-tests