diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 7a3bd80981a920dc5aabe60d4bc4ce9b036a7917..1df64c25525fe1660c302ce87012d567f98fb8ae 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ uninstall:: $(INSTALLSUBDIRS:%=%/__uninstall__) dummy
 # dependencies needed to build any dll or program
 __tooldeps__: libs/port libs/wine libs/wpp
 __builddeps__ __buildcrossdeps__: __tooldeps__ include
-.PHONY: __tooldeps__ __builddeps__ __buildcrossdeps__
+.PHONY: test crosstest __tooldeps__ __builddeps__ __buildcrossdeps__
 
 loader server: libs/port libs/wine tools
 fonts: tools
diff --git a/Maketest.rules.in b/Maketest.rules.in
index c9ae6ea3e23eb44a53bfcbd83de774e1015f7d14..f04dc24aa9acf98aa4e708170bb6541834208056 100644
--- a/Maketest.rules.in
+++ b/Maketest.rules.in
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ testlist.o: testlist.c $(TOPSRCDIR)/include/wine/test.h
 
 # Rules for testing
 
-check test:: $(TESTRESULTS)
+check test: $(TESTRESULTS)
 
 $(TESTRESULTS): $(MODULE)$(DLLEXT) ../$(TESTDLL)$(DLLEXT)
 
 # Rules for cross-compiling tests
 
-crosstest:: @CROSSTEST@
+crosstest: @CROSSTEST@
 
 $(CROSSTEST): $(CROSSOBJS) Makefile.in
 	$(CROSSWINEGCC) $(CROSSOBJS) -o $@ $(ALL_LIBS)
diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 253f1a4285f121e6961f80684b653717e18ad16e..a3e2f497b7bf5b1df3fac55cf16adf86023b0633 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -306,9 +306,11 @@ $ac_dir/Makefile $ac_dir/__depend__: $ac_dir/Makefile.in config.status Maketest.
     AS_VAR_IF([enable_tests],[no],,[wine_fn_append_rule ALL_MAKEFILE_DEPENDS \
 "all programs/winetest: $ac_dir
 $ac_dir: $ac_dir/Makefile __builddeps__
-crosstest:: $ac_dir/Makefile __buildcrossdeps__
+crosstest .PHONY: $ac_dir/__crosstest__
+$ac_dir/__crosstest__: $ac_dir/Makefile __buildcrossdeps__ dummy
 	@cd $ac_dir && \$(MAKE) crosstest
-test::
+test .PHONY: $ac_dir/__test__
+$ac_dir/__test__: dummy
 	@cd $ac_dir && \$(MAKE) test
 testclean::
 	\$(RM) $ac_dir/*.ok"])
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 60dc4ab95fc9cdeeae3c6dc1edb5646e43ef6526..c4f0ca996a2ea126c52fd013c601e0ddce93c15f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14035,9 +14035,11 @@ else
   wine_fn_append_rule ALL_MAKEFILE_DEPENDS \
 "all programs/winetest: $ac_dir
 $ac_dir: $ac_dir/Makefile __builddeps__
-crosstest:: $ac_dir/Makefile __buildcrossdeps__
+crosstest .PHONY: $ac_dir/__crosstest__
+$ac_dir/__crosstest__: $ac_dir/Makefile __buildcrossdeps__ dummy
 	@cd $ac_dir && \$(MAKE) crosstest
-test::
+test .PHONY: $ac_dir/__test__
+$ac_dir/__test__: dummy
 	@cd $ac_dir && \$(MAKE) test
 testclean::
 	\$(RM) $ac_dir/*.ok"