diff --git a/Makefile.def b/Makefile.def
index 90316364d01..1bed8c1bff4 100644
--- a/Makefile.def
+++ b/Makefile.def
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ languages = { language=go;	gcc-check-target=check-go;
 				lib-check-target=check-gotools; };
 languages = { language=d;	gcc-check-target=check-d;
 				lib-check-target=check-target-libphobos; };
+languages = { language=jit;	gcc-check-target=check-jit; };
 
 // Toplevel bootstrap
 bootstrap_stage = { id=1 ; };
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 81b26c7177e..dd63afc430e 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -56590,6 +56590,14 @@ check-gcc-d:
 	(cd gcc && $(MAKE) $(GCC_FLAGS_TO_PASS) check-d);
 check-d: check-gcc-d check-target-libphobos
 
+.PHONY: check-gcc-jit check-jit
+check-gcc-jit:
+	r=`${PWD_COMMAND}`; export r; \
+	s=`cd $(srcdir); ${PWD_COMMAND}`; export s; \
+	$(HOST_EXPORTS) \
+	(cd gcc && $(MAKE) $(GCC_FLAGS_TO_PASS) check-jit);
+check-jit: check-gcc-jit
+
 
 # The gcc part of install-no-fixedincludes, which relies on an intimate
 # knowledge of how a number of gcc internal targets (inter)operate.  Delegate.