diff --git a/src/pkg/unicode/Makefile b/src/pkg/unicode/Makefile
index 53f7229e7b0..26e6e501f17 100644
--- a/src/pkg/unicode/Makefile
+++ b/src/pkg/unicode/Makefile
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ tables:	maketables
 # Build (but do not run) maketables during testing,
 # just to make sure it still compiles.
 test: maketables
+testshort: maketables
 
 # Downloads from www.unicode.org, so not part
 # of standard test scripts.