diff --git a/configure/RULES.Db b/configure/RULES.Db
index cda4ee6c5..3271e3965 100644
--- a/configure/RULES.Db
+++ b/configure/RULES.Db
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ ACTIONS += build
 ACTIONS += install
 ACTIONS += buildInstall
 ACTIONS += browse
-ACTIONS += runtests
+ACTIONS += runtests tapfiles
 
 actionArchTargets = $(foreach x, $(ACTIONS),\ $(foreach arch,$(BUILD_ARCHS), $(x)$(DIVIDER)$(arch)))
 
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ buildInstall : build
 
 rebuild: clean install
 
-.PHONY: all inc build install clean rebuild buildInstall
+.PHONY: all $(ACTIONS)
 
-$(actionArchTargets) $(BUILD_ARCHS):install
-$(cleanArchTargets):clean
+$(actionArchTargets) $(BUILD_ARCHS): install
+$(cleanArchTargets): clean
 
 .PHONY: $(BUILD_ARCHS) $(actionArchTargets) $(cleanArchTargets)
 
diff --git a/configure/RULES_ARCHS b/configure/RULES_ARCHS
index 7f189909c..e52f78f32 100644
--- a/configure/RULES_ARCHS
+++ b/configure/RULES_ARCHS
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ACTIONS += build
 ACTIONS += install
 ACTIONS += buildInstall
 ACTIONS += browse
-ACTIONS += runtests
+ACTIONS += runtests tapfiles
 #ACTIONS += rebuild
 
 actionPart = $(word 1, $(subst $(DIVIDER), ,$@))
diff --git a/configure/RULES_BUILD b/configure/RULES_BUILD
index b5937b0e5..7520ff59f 100644
--- a/configure/RULES_BUILD
+++ b/configure/RULES_BUILD
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ ifneq (,$(strip $(TESTS)))
 TARGETS += testspec
 endif
 
+TAPFILES += $(TESTSCRIPTS:.t=.tap)
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------
 #   Libraries 
 #
@@ -147,7 +149,8 @@ build_clean:
 	$(LOADABLE_SHRLIBNAME) \
 	$(INC) $(TARGETS) $(TDS) $(CLEANS) \
 	*.out MakefileInclude *.manifest *.exp \
-	$(COMMON_INC) $(HDEPENDS_FILES) $(PRODTARGETS) $(TESTSCRIPTS)
+	$(COMMON_INC) $(HDEPENDS_FILES) $(PRODTARGETS) \
+	$(TESTSCRIPTS) $(TAPFILES)
 ifdef RES
 	@$(RM) *$(RES)
 endif
@@ -324,12 +327,18 @@ testspec: $(TESTSCRIPTS)
 	$(if $(TESTFILES), @echo Files: $(TESTFILES) >> $@)
 	$(if $(TESTSPEC_$(OS_CLASS)), @echo "Harness: $(TESTSPEC_$(OS_CLASS))" >> $@)
 
+tapfiles: $(TESTSCRIPTS) $(TAPFILES)
+
+# A .tap file is the output from running the associated test script
+%.tap: %.t
+	-HARNESS_ACTIVE=1 $(PERL) $< > $@
+
 # If there's a perl test script (.plt) available, use it
 %.t: ../%.plt
 	@$(RM) $@
 	$(CP) $< $@
 
-# Some versions of Test::Harness expect test programs in perl only.
+# Test programs (.t files) must be written in Perl.
 # Generate a perl program to exec the real test binary.
 %.t: %$(EXE)
 	@$(RM) $@
@@ -464,7 +473,7 @@ $(INSTALL_TEMPLATES_SUBDIR)/%: %
 .PRECIOUS: $(COMMON_INC)
 
 .PHONY: all inc build install clean rebuild buildInstall build_clean
-.PHONY: runtests checkRelease warnRelease noCheckRelease
+.PHONY: runtests tapfiles checkRelease warnRelease noCheckRelease
 
 endif # BASE_RULES_BUILD
 #	EOF RULES_BUILD
diff --git a/configure/RULES_DIRS b/configure/RULES_DIRS
index edf200ad6..8fd3f63b6 100644
--- a/configure/RULES_DIRS
+++ b/configure/RULES_DIRS
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 
 
 ARCHS += $(BUILD_ARCHS)
-ACTIONS += inc build install buildInstall clean realclean archclean runtests
+ACTIONS += inc build install buildInstall clean realclean archclean
+ACTIONS += runtests tapfiles
 
 dirPart = $(join $(dir $@), $(word 1, $(subst $(DIVIDER), ,$(notdir $@))))
 
diff --git a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html
index bb62368fc..103a9e93a 100644
--- a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html
+++ b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ EPICS Base 3.15.0.x releases are not intended for use in production systems.</p>
 <h2 align="center">Changes between 3.15.0.1 and 3.15.0.2</h2>
 <!-- Insert new items immediately below here ... -->
 
+<h3>New build target <q>tapfiles</q></h3>
+
+<p>This new make target runs the same tests as the <q>runtests</q> target, but
+instead of summarizing or displaying the output for each test script it creates
+a <q>.tap</q> file inside the architecture build directory which contains the
+detailed test output. The output file can be parsed by continuous integration
+packages such as <a href="http://www.jenkins-ci.org/">Jenkins</a> to show the
+test results.</p>
+
 <h3>Array field double-buffering</h3>
 
 <p>Array data can now be moved, without copying, into and out of the VAL field