diff --git a/tests/tcg/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
index 84abbd24f3..9664613002 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/Makefile.target
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ conditional-diff-out = 							\
 
 # Tests we are building
 TESTS=
+# additional tests which may re-use existing binaries
+EXTRA_TESTS=
 
 # Start with a blank slate, the build targets get to add stuff first
 CFLAGS=
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ else
 
 endif
 
-all: $(TESTS)
+all: $(TESTS) $(EXTRA_TESTS)
 
 #
 # Test Runners
diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
index b4b3957963..950dbb4bac 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ run-memory-replay: memory-replay run-memory-record
 	   	  $(QEMU_OPTS) memory, \
 	  "$< on $(TARGET_NAME)")
 
-TESTS+=memory-record memory-replay
+EXTRA_TESTS+=memory-record memory-replay