diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 build/pymake/tests/simple-makeflags.mk
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/build/pymake/tests/simple-makeflags.mk	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# There once was a time when MAKEFLAGS=w without any following spaces would
+# cause us to treat w as a target, not a flag. Silly!
+
+MAKEFLAGS=w
+
+all:
+	$(MAKE) -f $(TESTPATH)/simple-makeflags.mk subt
+	@echo TEST-PASS
+
+subt: