diff --git a/tests/checkasm/Makefile b/tests/checkasm/Makefile
index b58a2e0238..2673e1d098 100644
--- a/tests/checkasm/Makefile
+++ b/tests/checkasm/Makefile
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ CHECKASM := tests/checkasm/checkasm$(EXESUF)
 $(CHECKASM): $(CHECKASMOBJS) $(FF_STATIC_DEP_LIBS)
 	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDEXEFLAGS) $(LD_O) $(CHECKASMOBJS) $(FF_STATIC_DEP_LIBS) $(EXTRALIBS-avcodec) $(EXTRALIBS-avfilter) $(EXTRALIBS-avformat) $(EXTRALIBS-avutil) $(EXTRALIBS-swresample) $(EXTRALIBS)
 
+run-checkasm: $(CHECKASM)
+run-checkasm:
+	$(Q)$(TARGET_EXEC) $(TARGET_PATH)/$(CHECKASM)
+
 checkasm: $(CHECKASM)
 
 testclean:: checkasmclean