diff --git a/configure/RULES_ARCHS b/configure/RULES_ARCHS
index 7e8a52ab0..8f3392838 100644
--- a/configure/RULES_ARCHS
+++ b/configure/RULES_ARCHS
@@ -82,9 +82,13 @@ $(cleanArchTargets) ::
 realclean :: 
 	$(RMDIR) O.*
 
+test: $(addprefix  O.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)/,$(TESTSCRIPTS_HOST)) 
+	$(PERL) -e 'use Test::Harness; runtests @ARGV;'  $^
+
 .PHONY : $(actionArchTargets)
 .PHONY : $(cleanArchTargets)
 .PHONY : $(BUILD_ARCHS)
 .PHONY : $(ACTIONS) clean realclean archclean all
 .PHONY : checkRelease $(checkReleaseTargets)
+.PHONY : test