diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0d9099a..b2d7798 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ clean:
 	rm -f $(foreach f,$(GENERATED_SOURCES),$(f) $(f)-timestamp)
 	rm -rf qapi-generated
 	rm -rf qga/qapi-generated
-	$(MAKE) -C tests/tcg clean
 	for d in $(ALL_SUBDIRS); do \
 	if test -d $$d; then $(MAKE) -C $$d $@ || exit 1; fi; \
 	rm -f $$d/qemu-options.def; \
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index c681ceb..a653532 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ qtest-obj-y = tests/libqtest.o libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
 qtest-obj-y += tests/libi2c.o tests/libi2c-omap.o
 $(check-qtest-y): $(qtest-obj-y)
 
+#clean rules
+
+CHECK_CLEAN_TARGETS = $(check-unit-y) $(check-qtest-i386-y) $(check-qtest-x86_64-y) $(check-qtest-sparc64-y) $(check-qtest-sparc-y) tests/*.o
+
 .PHONY: check-help
 check-help:
 	@echo "Regression testing targets:"
@@ -144,6 +148,7 @@ check-help:
 	@echo " make check-unit           Run qobject tests"
 	@echo " make check-block          Run block tests"
 	@echo " make check-report.html    Generates an HTML test report"
+	@echo " make check-clean          Clean the tests"
 	@echo
 	@echo "Please note that HTML reports do not regenerate if the unit tests"
 	@echo "has not changed."
@@ -203,10 +208,15 @@ check-tests/qemu-iotests-quick.sh: tests/qemu-iotests-quick.sh qemu-img$(EXESUF)
 
 # Consolidated targets
 
-.PHONY: check-qtest check-unit check
+.PHONY: check-qtest check-unit check check-clean
 check-qtest: $(patsubst %,check-qtest-%, $(QTEST_TARGETS))
 check-unit: $(patsubst %,check-%, $(check-unit-y))
 check-block: $(patsubst %,check-%, $(check-block-y))
 check: check-unit check-qtest
 
+check-clean:
+	$(MAKE) -C tests/tcg clean
+	rm -rf $(CHECK_CLEAN_TARGETS)
+
+clean: check-clean
 -include $(wildcard tests/*.d)