diff --git a/build/Makefile b/build/Makefile
index fa61ee01..77edf020 100644
--- a/build/Makefile
+++ b/build/Makefile
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ all:
 mongoose.c: mod_lua.c mongoose.h Makefile
 
 unix_unit_test: $(LUA_SOURCES) Makefile ../test/unit_test.c
-	$(CC) ../test/unit_test.c lua_5.2.1.c -o $@ $(CFLAGS) -g -O0
-	./$@
+	$(CC) ../test/unit_test.c lua_5.2.1.c $(CFLAGS) -g -O0 -o t && ./t
 
 # Make sure that the compiler flags come last in the compilation string.
 # If not so, this can break some on some Linux distros which use