diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a5dc8d3c2..6a6186906 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ ca-firefox: lib/firefox-db2pem.sh
 checksrc:
 	cd lib && $(MAKE) checksrc
 	cd src && $(MAKE) checksrc
+	cd tests && $(MAKE) checksrc
 
 .PHONY: vc-ide
 
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 476d6fcd9..3723f2164 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -92,3 +92,7 @@ torture-test: perlcheck all
 	ps2pdf $$foo.ps $@; \
 	rm $$foo.ps; \
 	echo "converted $< to $@")
+
+checksrc:
+	cd libtest && $(MAKE) checksrc
+	cd unit && $(MAKE) checksrc
diff --git a/tests/libtest/Makefile.am b/tests/libtest/Makefile.am
index 87ee56ede..e396af4da 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/libtest/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
 #                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
 #
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, 2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 #
 # This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
 # you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -115,3 +115,6 @@ libhostname_la_SOURCES = sethostname.c sethostname.h
 
 libhostname_la_LIBADD =
 libhostname_la_DEPENDENCIES =
+
+checksrc:
+	@@PERL@ $(top_srcdir)/lib/checksrc.pl $(top_srcdir)/tests/libtest/*.c
diff --git a/tests/unit/Makefile.am b/tests/unit/Makefile.am
index 33af1ec0e..f44d623be 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/unit/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
 #                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
 #
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 #
 # This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
 # you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS += -DCURL_STATICLIB -DUNITTESTS
 # Makefile.inc provides neat definitions
 include Makefile.inc
 
+checksrc:
+	@@PERL@ $(top_srcdir)/lib/checksrc.pl $(top_srcdir)/tests/unit/*.c
+
 if BUILD_UNITTESTS
 noinst_PROGRAMS = $(UNITPROGS)
 else