diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index c7b7e0efd..0c02a0eeb 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ METASOURCES = AUTO
 LDADD = ../libplasma.la -lQtTest_debug
 testAppletInfo_SOURCES = testAppletInfo.cpp
 
-check:
+check-local:
 	opwd=$PWD; cd $(srcdir) && $$opwd/testAppletInfo