diff --git a/testing/Makefile b/testing/Makefile
index 9a9a02fe47..7a70748845 100644
--- a/testing/Makefile
+++ b/testing/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 
 DIRS=btest external
 
-all:
+all: make-verbose coverage
+
+brief: make-brief coverage
+
+make-verbose:
 	@for repo in $(DIRS); do (cd $$repo && make ); done
+
+make-brief:
+	@for repo in $(DIRS); do (cd $$repo && make brief ); done
+
+coverage:
 	@cp btest/coverage.log `mktemp brocov.tmp.XXX`
 	@for f in external/*/coverage.log; do cp $$f `mktemp brocov.tmp.XXX`; done
 	@echo "Complete test suite code coverage:"
 	@./scripts/coverage-calc "brocov.tmp.*" coverage.log `pwd`/../scripts
 	@rm -f brocov.tmp.*
 
-brief:
-	@for repo in $(DIRS); do (cd $$repo && make brief ); done