diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 92ba0b37e..269f0140d 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -576,7 +576,9 @@ regress-binaries: regress/modpipe$(EXEEXT) \
 	regress/setuid-allowed$(EXEEXT) \
 	regress/netcat$(EXEEXT) \
 	regress/check-perm$(EXEEXT) \
-	regress/mkdtemp$(EXEEXT) \
+	regress/mkdtemp$(EXEEXT)
+
+regress-unit-binaries: \
 	regress/unittests/sshbuf/test_sshbuf$(EXEEXT) \
 	regress/unittests/sshkey/test_sshkey$(EXEEXT) \
 	regress/unittests/bitmap/test_bitmap$(EXEEXT) \
@@ -587,6 +589,8 @@ regress-binaries: regress/modpipe$(EXEEXT) \
 	regress/unittests/utf8/test_utf8$(EXEEXT) \
 	regress/misc/kexfuzz/kexfuzz$(EXEEXT)
 
+unit: regress-unit-binaries
+
 tests interop-tests t-exec unit: regress-prep regress-binaries $(TARGETS)
 	BUILDDIR=`pwd`; \
 	TEST_SSH_SCP="$${BUILDDIR}/scp"; \