diff --git a/test/shaping/data/Makefile.am b/test/shaping/data/Makefile.am
index e76b3b8700df9e96cf1cce366a5c88e96b445412..4f2c113661b03394a68489eb93a9c03a6c7f8b2a 100644
--- a/test/shaping/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/shaping/data/Makefile.am
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 	text-rendering-tests \
 	$(NULL)
 
+# Convenience targets:
+lib:
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C $(top_builddir)/src lib
+
 -include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/test/shaping/data/in-house/Makefile.am b/test/shaping/data/in-house/Makefile.am
index a9893a89aa6f181ab252bcb60aac0a5c60863bf8..2f955191889c6d4338f19a080fb7a71b0db47341 100644
--- a/test/shaping/data/in-house/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/shaping/data/in-house/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 NULL =
 
+# Convenience targets:
+lib:
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C $(top_builddir)/src lib
+
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	COPYING \
 	fonts \
diff --git a/test/shaping/data/text-rendering-tests/Makefile.am b/test/shaping/data/text-rendering-tests/Makefile.am
index 2798e512c6d17c8fd6cfc7704ecd0241f41ec442..385270a296d2aab134d8f11953a8a16c358288b3 100644
--- a/test/shaping/data/text-rendering-tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/shaping/data/text-rendering-tests/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 NULL =
 
+# Convenience targets:
+lib:
+	@$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) -C $(top_builddir)/src lib
+
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	extract-tests.py \
 	fonts \