diff --git a/test-build.mk b/test-build.mk
index 8502237c860..a61dbfc0a0a 100644
--- a/test-build.mk
+++ b/test-build.mk
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ HOLES := \
 	touch \
 	tr \
 	true \
+	wc \
 	whoami
 
 ### so far only sun make supports VPATH