diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index cc812583c7..33c64906e8 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ configure_file(
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/configurehelp.pm.in"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/configurehelp.pm" @ONLY)
 
+curl_add_runtests(tests          "")  # Avoid 'test', which is a reserved target name in CMake
 curl_add_runtests(test-quiet     "-a -s")
 curl_add_runtests(test-am        "-a -am")
 curl_add_runtests(test-full      "-a -p -r")
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 363a8562a8..58f24c29ce 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ perlcheck:
 build-certs:
 	(cd certs && $(MAKE))
 
+# alias for 'test' to match CMake, where 'test' is a reserved target
+tests: test
+
 test: perlcheck all
 	$(TEST) $(TFLAGS)