diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 19e8bdbd..9c0505f3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ EXEC = tests/main
 $(EXEC): $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
-check: tests/main
-    export LSAN_OPTIONS=verbosity=2:log_threads=1
-ifeq ($(processor),$(filter $(processor),aarch64 arm64 arm armv7l))
-	$(CC) $(ARCH_CFLAGS) -c -O2 sse2neon.h
-endif
+check: $(EXEC)
+	export LSAN_OPTIONS=verbosity=2:log_threads=1 && \
+	ifeq ($(processor),$(filter $(processor),aarch64 arm64 arm armv7l))
+		$(CC) $(ARCH_CFLAGS) -c -O2 sse2neon.h
+	endif
 	$(EXEC_WRAPPER) $^
 
 indent:
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ indent:
 	@if ! hash clang-format-12; then echo "clang-format-12 is required to indent"; fi
 	clang-format-12 -i sse2neon.h tests/*.cpp tests/*.h
 
-.PHONY: clean check format
+.PHONY: clean check indent
 clean:
 	$(RM) $(OBJS) $(EXEC) $(deps) sse2neon.h.gch