diff --git a/share/mk/suite.test.mk b/share/mk/suite.test.mk
index df6beb95d5d4..ca55035e65c4 100644
--- a/share/mk/suite.test.mk
+++ b/share/mk/suite.test.mk
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ CLEANFILES+= Kyuafile Kyuafile.auto.tmp
 _TEST_METADATA.${_T}= ${TEST_METADATA} ${TEST_METADATA.${_T}}
 .endfor
 
+.if ${KYUAFILE:tl} == "auto"
 Kyuafile: Makefile
 	@{ \
 	    echo '-- Automatically generated by bsd.test.mk.'; \