diff --git a/core/tasks/vts-core-tests.mk b/core/tasks/vts-core-tests.mk
index 919354c3d..fb1e1c61f 100644
--- a/core/tasks/vts-core-tests.mk
+++ b/core/tasks/vts-core-tests.mk
@@ -45,3 +45,5 @@ $(vts-core-zip) : $(COMPATIBILITY.vts-core.FILES) $(my_host_shared_lib_for_vts_c
 
 vts-core: $(vts-core-zip)
 $(call dist-for-goals, vts-core, $(vts-core-zip) $(vts-core-list-zip) $(vts-core-configs-zip))
+
+tests: vts-core