diff --git a/tests/tcg/Makefile b/tests/tcg/Makefile
index 1cdd628e96..6fa63cc8d5 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/Makefile
+++ b/tests/tcg/Makefile
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ else
 # build options for bare programs are usually pretty different. They
 # are expected to provide their own build recipes.
 -include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/tcg/minilib/Makefile.target
+-include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/tcg/multiarch/system/Makefile.softmmu-target
 -include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/tcg/$(TARGET_BASE_ARCH)/Makefile.softmmu-target
 ifneq ($(TARGET_BASE_ARCH),$(TARGET_NAME))
 -include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/tcg/$(TARGET_NAME)/Makefile.softmmu-target
diff --git a/tests/tcg/multiarch/system/Makefile.softmmu-target b/tests/tcg/multiarch/system/Makefile.softmmu-target
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db4bbeda44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tcg/multiarch/system/Makefile.softmmu-target
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# -*- Mode: makefile -*-
+#
+# Multiarch system tests
+#
+# We just collect the tests together here and rely on the actual guest
+# architecture to add to the test dependancies and deal with the
+# complications of building.
+#
+
+MULTIARCH_SYSTEM_SRC=$(SRC_PATH)/tests/tcg/multiarch/system
+VPATH+=$(MULTIARCH_SYSTEM_SRC)
+
+MULTIARCH_TEST_SRCS=$(wildcard $(MULTIARCH_SYSTEM_SRC)/*.c)
+MULTIARCH_TESTS = $(patsubst $(MULTIARCH_SYSTEM_SRC)/%.c, %, $(MULTIARCH_TEST_SRCS))