diff --git a/tests/ChangeLog b/tests/ChangeLog
index f5e4f348..6e2b41a4 100644
--- a/tests/ChangeLog
+++ b/tests/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-09-01  Micah Cowan  <micah@cowan.name>
+
+	* Makefile.am (../src/libunittest.a): Make it a phony target,
+	so we always make sure to get up-to-date unit-test runs.
+
 2009-08-27  Micah Cowan  <micah@cowan.name>
 
 	* WgetTest.pm.in (run): Shift the errcode right by 8 binary places.
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index ca2f3502..0c3fed4e 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ test: ../src/wget$(EXEEXT) run-unit-tests run-px-tests
 ../src/wget$(EXEEXT):
 	cd ../src && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS)
 
+# Make libunittest "PHONY" so we're always sure we're up-to-date.
+.PHONY: ../src/libunittest.a
 ../src/libunittest.a:
 	cd ../src && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) libunittest.a
 
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ test: ../src/wget$(EXEEXT) run-unit-tests run-px-tests
 ../md5/libmd5.a:
 	cd ../lib && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS)
 
-run-unit-tests: unit-tests$(EXEEXT)
+run-unit-tests: unit-tests$(EXEEXT) ../src/libunittest.a
 	./unit-tests$(EXEEXT)
 
 run-px-tests: WgetTest.pm ../src/wget$(EXEEXT)
@@ -117,9 +119,9 @@ EXTRA_DIST = FTPServer.pm FTPTest.pm HTTPServer.pm HTTPTest.pm \
              run-px certs
 
 check_PROGRAMS = unit-tests
-unit_tests_SOURCES = 
-#unit-tests: ../src/libunittest.a ../lib/libgnu.a
+unit_tests_SOURCES =
+unit-tests: ../src/libunittest.a
 LDADD = ../src/libunittest.a ../lib/libgnu.a @LIBSSL@ @LIBGNUTLS@ \
-        @MD5_LDADD@
+    @MD5_LDADD@
 
 CLEANFILES = *~ *.bak core core.[0-9]*