diff --git a/common/tests/Makefile.am b/common/tests/Makefile.am
index a389c413..85808271 100644
--- a/common/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/common/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ alloc_unittest_LDADD += ../libdhcp.a  \
 	../../omapip/libomapi.a ../../bind/lib/libdns.a \
         ../../bind/lib/libisc.a
 
-endif
-
 check: $(ATF_TESTS)
 	atf-run | atf-report
 
+endif
+
 check_PROGRAMS = $(ATF_TESTS)
diff --git a/common/tests/Makefile.in b/common/tests/Makefile.in
index afba2024..78cadfc7 100644
--- a/common/tests/Makefile.in
+++ b/common/tests/Makefile.in
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ uninstall-am:
 	tags tags-recursive uninstall uninstall-am
 
 
-check: $(ATF_TESTS)
-	atf-run | atf-report
+@HAVE_ATF_TRUE@check: $(ATF_TESTS)
+@HAVE_ATF_TRUE@	atf-run | atf-report
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
 .NOEXPORT: