diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ea0b29239b..c9be643ae3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BUILD_DIR=$(CURDIR)
 # Before including a proper config-host.mak, assume we are in the source tree
 SRC_PATH=.
 
-UNCHECKED_GOALS := %clean TAGS cscope
+UNCHECKED_GOALS := %clean TAGS cscope ctags
 
 # All following code might depend on configuration variables
 ifneq ($(wildcard config-host.mak),)
@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ endif
 test speed: all
 	$(MAKE) -C tests/tcg $@
 
+.PHONY: ctags
+ctags:
+	rm -f $@
+	find "$(SRC_PATH)" -name '*.[hc]' -exec ctags --append {} +
+
 .PHONY: TAGS
 TAGS:
 	rm -f $@