diff --git a/tests/db/Makefile.am b/tests/db/Makefile.am
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+AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+	$(all_includes) \
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/src \
+	$(NULL)
+
+AM_CFLAGS = \
+	-Wall \
+	-ggdb3 \
+	$(LIBOSMOCORE_CFLAGS) \
+	$(LIBOSMOGSM_CFLAGS) \
+	$(SQLITE3_CFLAGS) \
+	$(NULL)
+
+AM_LDFLAGS = \
+	$(NULL)
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	db_test.ok \
+	db_test.err \
+	$(NULL)
+
+check_PROGRAMS = db_test
+
+db_test_SOURCES = \
+	db_test.c \
+	$(NULL)
+
+db_test_LDADD = \
+	$(top_srcdir)/src/db.c \
+	$(top_srcdir)/src/db_hlr.c \
+	$(top_srcdir)/src/db_auc.c \
+	$(top_srcdir)/src/logging.c \
+	$(LIBOSMOCORE_LIBS) \
+	$(LIBOSMOGSM_LIBS) \
+	$(SQLITE3_LIBS) \
+	$(NULL)
+
+.PHONY: db_test.db update_exp manual manual-nonverbose manual-gdb
+db_test.db:
+	rm -f db_test.db
+	sqlite3 $(builddir)/db_test.db < $(top_srcdir)/sql/hlr.sql
+
+update_exp: db_test.db
+	cd $(builddir); ./db_test >"$(srcdir)/db_test.ok" 2>"$(srcdir)/db_test.err"
+
+manual: db_test.db
+	cd $(builddir); ./db_test -v
+
+manual-nonverbose: db_test.db
+	cd $(builddir); ./db_test
+
+manual-gdb: db_test.db
+	cd $(builddir); gdb -ex run --args ./db_test -v