diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile.nolibc
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile
rename to tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile.nolibc
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/run-tests.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/run-tests.sh
index 8277599e6441..279fbd93ef70 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/run-tests.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/run-tests.sh
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ test_arch() {
 	if [ "$werror" -ne 0 ]; then
 		CFLAGS_EXTRA="$CFLAGS_EXTRA -Werror"
 	fi
-	MAKE=(make -j"${nproc}" XARCH="${arch}" CROSS_COMPILE="${cross_compile}" LLVM="${llvm}" O="${build_dir}")
+	MAKE=(make -f Makefile.nolibc -j"${nproc}" XARCH="${arch}" CROSS_COMPILE="${cross_compile}" LLVM="${llvm}" O="${build_dir}")
 
 	case "$test_mode" in
 		'system')