diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b8563db686..ae75dd29e5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ dummy := $(call unnest-vars,, \
                 common-obj-m)
 
 ifneq ($(wildcard config-host.mak),)
-include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/Makefile
+include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/Makefile.include
 endif
 
 all: $(DOCS) $(TOOLS) $(HELPERS-y) recurse-all modules
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile.include
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/Makefile
rename to tests/Makefile.include