diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 30e06e8fdd3126c2a903173871d97c2ed634da55..d3f11efaaabe3025b91001b2bb721f6ede8f5fb5 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/amrwb.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/atrac.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/audio.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/bmp.mak
+include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/build.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/canopus.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/cdxl.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/checkasm.mak
diff --git a/tests/fate-run.sh b/tests/fate-run.sh
index 21111403a60f2230a744132483dc5d75840818d6..8de749d4a75ec70338303bd94a407dfeb785c679 100755
--- a/tests/fate-run.sh
+++ b/tests/fate-run.sh
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ pixfmts(){
     test=$outertest
 }
 
+null(){
+    :
+}
+
 mkdir -p "$outdir"
 
 exec 3>&2
diff --git a/tests/fate/build.mak b/tests/fate/build.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ba9768e78677a10cc20f1af69e4a875ff572ce27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fate/build.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+FATE_BUILD += fate-build-alltools
+fate-build-alltools: alltools
+
+FATE_BUILD += fate-build-checkheaders
+fate-build-checkheaders: checkheaders
+
+FATE_BUILD += fate-build-examples
+fate-build-examples: examples
+
+FATE_BUILD += fate-build-testprogs
+fate-build-testprogs: testprogs
+
+$(FATE_BUILD): CMD = null
+$(FATE_BUILD): CMP = null
+
+FATE += $(FATE_BUILD)
+fate-build: $(FATE_BUILD)