diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b182b9e6b..f347f3fbe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ all:
 	$(MAKE) -C daemon
 	$(MAKE) -C recording-daemon
 	$(MAKE) -C iptables-extension
-	$(MAKE) -C t
 
 .PHONY: with-kernel
 
@@ -28,10 +27,14 @@ distclean clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C recording-daemon $@
 	$(MAKE) -C iptables-extension $@
 	$(MAKE) -C kernel-module $@
+
+.PHONY: check
+
+check: all
 	$(MAKE) -C t
 
 coverity:
-	cov-build --dir cov-int $(MAKE)
+	cov-build --dir cov-int $(MAKE) check
 	tar -czf project.tgz cov-int
 	curl --form token=$(COVERITY_RTPENGINE_TOKEN) \
 	  --form email=$(DEBEMAIL) \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 949385be4..f772368c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ see the section on *G.729 support* below for details.
 Manual Compilation
 ------------------
 
-There's 3 parts to *rtpengine*, which can be found in the respective subdirectories.
+There's 3 parts to *rtpengine*, which can be found in the respective
+subdirectories. Running `make check` on the top source directory will
+build all parts and run the test suite.
 
 * `daemon`