diff --git a/backend/Makefile b/backend/Makefile
index e8cf24b6..91307312 100644
--- a/backend/Makefile
+++ b/backend/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .PHONY: syncdb
 .PHONY: populate-cache
+.PHONY: pytest
 
 # Synchronize and populate the database
 syncdb: