diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index c07f005db49eecd7e55a862ad7cfb78afbe724b9..2bd71436efbfb7e37b6be854dfec7ee6f8a5beca 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
 LDADD = $(UG_LDFLAGS) $(AMIRAMESH_LDFLAGS) $(UG_LIBS) $(AMIRAMESH_LIBS)
 AM_CPPFLAGS += $(UG_CPPFLAGS) $(AMIRAMESH_CPPFLAGS) -Wall
 
-check_PROGRAMS = 
+
+check_PROGRAMS =  materialtest
+
+TESTS = materialtest
+
+materialtest_SOURCES = materialtest.cc
 
 # don't follow the full GNU-standard
 # we need automake 1.5