diff --git a/bin/tests/Makefile.in b/bin/tests/Makefile.in
index 04bcfe7792..4c002db4b0 100644
--- a/bin/tests/Makefile.in
+++ b/bin/tests/Makefile.in
@@ -207,3 +207,9 @@ clean distclean::
 	rm -f ${TARGETS}
 	rm -f t_journal
 
+test:
+	for $dir in $(SUBDIRS) ;\
+	do \
+		(cd $$(dir); $(MAKE) test) ;\
+	done
+