diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4e9a2869e4..ee5a14a1f4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1296,6 +1296,7 @@ SANITIZE_ADDRESS =
 
 # For the 'coccicheck' target
 SPATCH_FLAGS = --all-includes
+SPATCH_TEST_FLAGS =
 # Setting SPATCH_BATCH_SIZE higher will
 # usually result in less CPU usage at the cost of higher peak memory.
 # Setting it to 0 will feed all files in a single spatch invocation.
@@ -1305,6 +1306,7 @@ SPATCH_BATCH_SIZE = 1
 TRACK_SPATCH_DEFINES =
 TRACK_SPATCH_DEFINES += $(SPATCH)
 TRACK_SPATCH_DEFINES += $(SPATCH_FLAGS)
+TRACK_SPATCH_DEFINES += $(SPATCH_TEST_FLAGS)
 TRACK_SPATCH_DEFINES += $(SPATCH_BATCH_SIZE)
 GIT-SPATCH-DEFINES: FORCE
 	@FLAGS='$(TRACK_SPATCH_DEFINES)'; \
@@ -3193,7 +3195,7 @@ $(COCCI_TEST_RES_GEN): .build/%.res : %.c
 $(COCCI_TEST_RES_GEN): .build/%.res : %.res
 $(COCCI_TEST_RES_GEN): .build/contrib/coccinelle/tests/%.res : contrib/coccinelle/%.cocci
 	$(call mkdir_p_parent_template)
-	$(QUIET_SPATCH_TEST)$(SPATCH) $(SPATCH_FLAGS) \
+	$(QUIET_SPATCH_TEST)$(SPATCH) $(SPATCH_TEST_FLAGS) \
 		--very-quiet --no-show-diff \
 		--sp-file $< -o $@ \
 		$(@:.build/%.res=%.c) && \