diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 59a0860759..bfce23d311 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ tests/audiogen
 tests/base64
 tests/data
 tests/rotozoom
-tests/seek_test
 tests/tiny_psnr
 tests/videogen
 tests/vsynth1
diff --git a/libavformat/Makefile b/libavformat/Makefile
index ca337e0167..917b38a0d8 100644
--- a/libavformat/Makefile
+++ b/libavformat/Makefile
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ OBJS-$(CONFIG_UDP_PROTOCOL)              += udp.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_JACK_INDEV)                += timefilter.o
 
 EXAMPLES  = metadata output
-TESTPROGS = timefilter
+TESTPROGS = seek timefilter
 TOOLS     = pktdumper probetest
 
 include $(SRC_PATH)/subdir.mak
diff --git a/tests/seek_test.c b/libavformat/seek-test.c
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/seek_test.c
rename to libavformat/seek-test.c
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 35e803d102..4739446674 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ tests/data/asynth1.sw: tests/audiogen$(HOSTEXESUF)
 
 tests/data/asynth1.sw tests/vsynth%/00.pgm: TAG = GEN
 
-tests/seek_test$(EXESUF): tests/seek_test.o $(FF_DEP_LIBS)
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(FF_EXTRALIBS)
-
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate2.mak
 
@@ -64,7 +61,7 @@ $(filter-out %-aref,$(FATE_ACODEC)): $(AREF)
 $(filter-out %-vref,$(FATE_VCODEC)): $(VREF)
 $(FATE_LAVF):   $(REFS)
 $(FATE_LAVFI):  $(REFS) tools/lavfi-showfiltfmts$(EXESUF)
-$(FATE_SEEK):   fate-codec fate-lavf tests/seek_test$(EXESUF)
+$(FATE_SEEK):   fate-codec fate-lavf libavformat/seek-test$(EXESUF)
 
 $(FATE_ACODEC):  CMD = codectest acodec
 $(FATE_VSYNTH1): CMD = codectest vsynth1
@@ -107,7 +104,6 @@ clean:: testclean
 testclean:
 	$(RM) -r tests/vsynth1 tests/vsynth2 tests/data
 	$(RM) $(CLEANSUFFIXES:%=tests/%)
-	$(RM) tests/seek_test$(EXESUF) tests/seek_test.o
 	$(RM) $(TESTTOOLS:%=tests/%$(HOSTEXESUF))
 
 -include $(wildcard tests/*.d)
diff --git a/tests/fate-run.sh b/tests/fate-run.sh
index 10497c497e..4121035853 100755
--- a/tests/fate-run.sh
+++ b/tests/fate-run.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ seektest(){
                  file=$(echo tests/data/$d/$file)
                  ;;
     esac
-    $target_exec $target_path/tests/seek_test $target_path/$file
+    $target_exec $target_path/libavformat/seek-test $target_path/$file
 }
 
 mkdir -p "$outdir"