diff --git a/nqp-cc/tools/build/Makefile.in b/nqp-cc/tools/build/Makefile.in
index be143ffcc2..5fee13fb70 100644
--- a/nqp-cc/tools/build/Makefile.in
+++ b/nqp-cc/tools/build/Makefile.in
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ nqptest: all
 	prove -e "$(NQP) nqp-moar-cc.nqp" t/nqp
 
 selftest: all
-	prove -e "../moarvm nqp.moarvm" t/nqp
+	prove -e "../moarvm nqp.moarvm" t/nqp t/serialization
 
 ## cleaning