diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index e3b41a4f7b..5e4da2c42f 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ ENCDEC2 = $(call ALLYES, $(firstword $(1))_ENCODER $(lastword $(1))_DECODER  \
                          $(firstword $(2))_ENCODER $(lastword $(2))_DECODER  \
                          $(firstword $(3))_MUXER   $(lastword $(3))_DEMUXER)
 
+# RAWVIDEO_ENCODER and PCM_S16LE_ENCODER corresponds to the default codecs
+# for framecrc. These requirements are not always necessary.
+TRANSCODE = $(call ALLYES, $(firstword $(1))_ENCODER $(lastword $(1))_DECODER \
+                           $(firstword $(2))_MUXER   $(lastword $(2))_DEMUXER \
+                           $(3) FILE_PROTOCOL PIPE_PROTOCOL RAWVIDEO_ENCODER  \
+                           PCM_S16LE_ENCODER FRAMECRC_MUXER)
+
+REMUX = $(call ALLYES, $(firstword $(1))_MUXER $(lastword $(1))_DEMUXER \
+                       $(2) FILE_PROTOCOL PIPE_PROTOCOL FRAMECRC_MUXER)
+
 DEMDEC  = $(call ALLYES, $(1)_DEMUXER $(2:%=%_DECODER))
 ENCMUX  = $(call ALLYES, $(1:%=%_ENCODER) $(2)_MUXER)