diff --git a/debian/lenny/applications/tellico/debian/rules b/debian/lenny/applications/tellico/debian/rules
index 52165e71f..29d1bdeb2 100755
--- a/debian/lenny/applications/tellico/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/lenny/applications/tellico/debian/rules
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ DEB_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS := \
  -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH="OFF" \
  -DWITH_ALL_OPTIONS="ON"
 
+DEB_MAKE_CHECK_TARGET = check
+
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
                                && echo xz || echo bzip2)
 
diff --git a/debian/squeeze/applications/tellico/debian/rules b/debian/squeeze/applications/tellico/debian/rules
index 1c5fa7fe5..3e267ae9b 100755
--- a/debian/squeeze/applications/tellico/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/squeeze/applications/tellico/debian/rules
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ DEB_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS := \
  -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH="OFF" \
  -DWITH_ALL_OPTIONS="ON"
 
+DEB_MAKE_CHECK_TARGET = check
+
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
                                && echo xz || echo bzip2)
 
diff --git a/ubuntu/maverick/applications/tellico/debian/rules b/ubuntu/maverick/applications/tellico/debian/rules
index 1c5fa7fe5..3e267ae9b 100755
--- a/ubuntu/maverick/applications/tellico/debian/rules
+++ b/ubuntu/maverick/applications/tellico/debian/rules
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ DEB_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS := \
  -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH="OFF" \
  -DWITH_ALL_OPTIONS="ON"
 
+DEB_MAKE_CHECK_TARGET = check
+
 DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS += -- -Z$(shell dpkg-deb --help | grep -q ":.* xz[,.]" \
                                && echo xz || echo bzip2)