diff --git a/test/llvmpasses/Makefile b/test/llvmpasses/Makefile
index eac3373a5d6cc..ef583fd451f07 100644
--- a/test/llvmpasses/Makefile
+++ b/test/llvmpasses/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 SRCDIR := $(abspath $(dir $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 JULIAHOME := $(abspath $(SRCDIR)/../..)
 include $(JULIAHOME)/Make.inc
-test:
+
+check: $(SRCDIR)
+
+TESTS = $(patsubst $(SRCDIR)/%,%,$(wildcard $(SRCDIR)/*.jl $(SRCDIR)/*.ll))
+
+$(SRCDIR) $(TESTS):
 	PATH=$(build_bindir):$(build_depsbindir):$$PATH \
 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${build_libdir}:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
-	$(build_depsbindir)/lit/lit.py -v $(SRCDIR)
-.PHONY: test
+	$(build_depsbindir)/lit/lit.py -v $@
+
+.PHONY: $(TESTS) $(SRCDIR) check all