diff --git a/tests/docker/test-mingw b/tests/docker/test-mingw
index 33968769f8..2adadcb58d 100755
--- a/tests/docker/test-mingw
+++ b/tests/docker/test-mingw
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 requires mingw dtc
 
 cd "$BUILD_DIR"
+DEF_TARGET_LIST="x86_64-softmmu,aarch64-softmmu"
 
 for prefix in x86_64-w64-mingw32- i686-w64-mingw32-; do
-    TARGET_LIST=x86_64-softmmu,aarch64-softmmu \
+    TARGET_LIST=${TARGET_LIST:-$DEF_TARGET_LIST} \
         build_qemu --cross-prefix=$prefix \
         --enable-trace-backends=simple \
         --enable-debug \