diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 7771f775..c44be63e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ man: ../doc/kak.1
 endif
 
 check: test
-test:
+test: kak
 	cd ../test && ./run
 
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