diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/Makefile.am b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/Makefile.am
index 4238f911aa..2b181af67e 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/Makefile.am
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ PHONY = doxygen built-sources
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/rules/recursive.am
 
+checklib: checklib-recursive $(lib_LTLIBRARIES)
+
 doxygen: built-sources
 	@echo Generating empty doxytags
 	mkdir -p docs/html ; \
diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/nua/Makefile.am b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/nua/Makefile.am
index ab20e470d1..366c5ecc2b 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/nua/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/nua/Makefile.am
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Build targets
 
-noinst_LTLIBRARIES = 	libnua.la libtestnua.la libtestproxy.la libtestnat.la
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES = 	libnua.la
+
+check_LTLIBRARIES = 	libtestnua.la libtestproxy.la libtestnat.la
 
 check_PROGRAMS =	test_nua
 
diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/rules/recursive.am b/libs/sofia-sip/rules/recursive.am
index a801f75937..b277d6de43 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/rules/recursive.am
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/rules/recursive.am
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ clean-built-sources: clean-built-sources-recursive
 valcheck: valcheck-recursive
 
 SOFIA_RECURSIVE = \
-	valcheck-recursive
+	valcheck-recursive \
+	checklib-recursive
 
 SOFIA_DIST_RECURSIVE = \
 	built-sources-recursive \
diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/rules/sofia.am b/libs/sofia-sip/rules/sofia.am
index b9061ba93c..328b53b61f 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/rules/sofia.am
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/rules/sofia.am
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ _tag.c_tag_ref.c:
  ../tport/libtport.la ../url/liburl.la:
 	cd $(@D) && $(MAKE) $(@F)
 
+checklib: $(noinst_LTLIBRARIES) $(check_LTLIBRARIES)
+
 INTERNAL_INCLUDES = \
     -I${sofiasrcdir}/features -I${sofiabuilddir}/features \
     -I${sofiasrcdir}/ipt -I${sofiabuilddir}/ipt \
diff --git a/libs/sofia-sip/tests/Makefile.am b/libs/sofia-sip/tests/Makefile.am
index ac1cf3adfb..d305a66e5a 100644
--- a/libs/sofia-sip/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/sofia-sip/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ check_PROGRAMS += check_sofia
 check_sofia_SOURCES = check_sofia.c check_sofia.h \
 	suite_for_nua.c
 
+${sofiabuilddir}/nua/libtestnua.la \
+	${sofiabuilddir}/nua/libtestproxy.la \
+	${sofiabuilddir}/nua/libtestnat.la:
+	cd ${sofiabuilddir}/nua && make checklib
+
 check_sofia_LDADD = \
 	${sofiabuilddir}/nua/libtestnua.la \
 	${sofiabuilddir}/nua/libtestproxy.la \