diff --git a/lib/am/check.am b/lib/am/check.am
index 449708742..94021775e 100644
--- a/lib/am/check.am
+++ b/lib/am/check.am
@@ -416,8 +416,8 @@ check-TESTS: %CHECK_DEPS%
 ## we rely on .PHONY to work portably.
 	@test -z "$(TEST_SUITE_LOG)" || rm -f $(TEST_SUITE_LOG)
 	@set +e; $(am__set_TESTS_bases); \
-	log_list=`for i in $$bases; do echo $$i.log; done`; \
-	trs_list=`for i in $$bases; do echo $$i.trs; done`; \
+	log_list=`for i in $$bases; do test -x $$i && echo $$i.log; done`; \
+	trs_list=`for i in $$bases; do test -x $$i && echo $$i.trs; done`; \
 ## Remove newlines and normalize whitespace.  Trailing (and possibly
 ## leading) whitespace is known to cause segmentation faults on
 ## Solaris 10 XPG4 make.