diff --git a/tests/migration/Makefile b/tests/migration/Makefile
index ff726ed7dd55340e33ceb2f426b12f398e7ffbce..13e99b1692fa993bf80919e6e2da2d60116b0f00 100644
--- a/tests/migration/Makefile
+++ b/tests/migration/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ TARGET_LIST = i386 aarch64 s390x
 
 SRC_PATH = ../..
 
+.PHONY: help $(TARGET_LIST)
+help:
+	@echo "Create migration guest includes.  We generate a binary."
+	@echo "And then convert that binary to an include file that can be"
+	@echo "run in a guest."
+	@echo "Possible operations are:"
+	@echo
+	@echo " $(MAKE) clean                Remove all intermediate files"
+	@echo " $(MAKE) target               Generate for that target"
+	@echo " $(MAKE) CROSS_PREFIX=... target"
+	@echo "                              Cross-compile than target"
+	@echo " Possible targets are: $(TARGET_LIST)"
+
 override define __note
 /* This file is automatically generated from the assembly file in
  * tests/migration/$@. Edit that file and then run "make all"
@@ -18,16 +31,8 @@ override define __note
 endef
 export __note
 
-find-arch-cross-cc = $(lastword $(shell grep -h "CROSS_CC_GUEST=" $(wildcard $(SRC_PATH)/$(patsubst i386,*86*,$(1))-softmmu/config-target.mak) /dev/null))
-parse-cross-prefix = $(subst gcc,,$(patsubst cc,gcc,$(patsubst CROSS_CC_GUEST="%",%,$(call find-arch-cross-cc,$(1)))))
-gen-cross-prefix = $(patsubst %-,CROSS_PREFIX=%-,$(call parse-cross-prefix,$(1)))
-
-.PHONY: all $(TARGET_LIST)
-
-all: $(TARGET_LIST)
-
 $(TARGET_LIST):
-	$(MAKE) -C $@ $(call gen-cross-prefix,$@)
+	$(MAKE) CROSS_PREFIX=$(CROSS_PREFIX) -C $@
 
 clean:
 	for target in $(TARGET_LIST); do \