diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c5e985c173..24b30bc092 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ dist: check
 doxygen:
 	doxygen && cd doc/doxygen/latex && make
 
-test:
+test: all
 	./src/test/test
 
 # Avoid strlcpy.c, strlcat.c, tree.h