diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 590c24377c..096b5bbf61 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ M: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
 S: Maintained
 F: target/i386/
 F: tests/tcg/i386/
+F: tests/tcg/x86_64/
 F: hw/i386/
 F: disas/i386.c
 T: git git://github.com/ehabkost/qemu.git x86-next
diff --git a/tests/tcg/i386/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/i386/Makefile.target
index 64d241cfdf..cd173363ee 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/i386/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/i386/Makefile.target
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ VPATH 		+= $(I386_SRC)
 
 I386_SRCS=$(notdir $(wildcard $(I386_SRC)/*.c))
 I386_TESTS=$(I386_SRCS:.c=)
-
+I386_ONLY_TESTS=$(filter-out test-i386-ssse3, $(I386_TESTS))
 # Update TESTS
-TESTS+=$(I386_TESTS)
+TESTS+=$(I386_ONLY_TESTS)
 
 ifneq ($(TARGET_NAME),x86_64)
 CFLAGS+=-m32
diff --git a/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.target
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74f170b9ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.target
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# -*- Mode: makefile -*-
+#
+# x86_64 tests - included from tests/tcg/Makefile.target
+#
+# Currently we only build test-x86_64 and test-i386-ssse3 from
+# $(SRC)/tests/tcg/i386/
+#
+
+X86_64_TESTS=$(filter-out $(I386_ONLY_TESTS), $(TESTS))
+X86_64_TESTS+=test-x86_64
+TESTS:=$(X86_64_TESTS)
+
+test-x86_64: LDFLAGS+=-lm -lc
+test-x86_64: test-i386.c test-i386.h test-i386-shift.h test-i386-muldiv.h
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)