diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 7bf2fd5146..1f3d95fea3 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -1,148 +1,150 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2004-2009 Andrew Beekhof
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 # as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 # of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 # 
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 # 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 #
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES    = Makefile.in 
 
 INCLUDES                = -I$(top_builddir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/include   \
 			  -I$(top_builddir)/libltdl -I$(top_srcdir)/libltdl
 
 COMMONLIBS	= 							\
 		$(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la		\
 		$(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la			\
 		$(CURSESLIBS) $(CLUSTERLIBS) 
 
 headerdir               = $(pkgincludedir)/crm
 header_HEADERS		= attrd.h
 
 pcmkdir			= $(datadir)/$(PACKAGE)
 pcmk_DATA		= report.common report.collector
 
 sbin_SCRIPTS		= crm_report crm_standby crm_master crm_failcount
 EXTRA_DIST		= $(sbin_SCRIPTS)
 
 halibdir		= $(CRM_DAEMON_DIR)
 halib_SCRIPTS		= hb2openais.sh
 halib_PROGRAMS		= attrd
 halib_PYTHON		= crm_primitive.py hb2openais-helper.py
 
 sbin_PROGRAMS		= crm_simulate crmadmin cibadmin crm_node crm_attribute crm_resource crm_verify \
 			 crm_uuid crm_shadow attrd_updater crm_diff crm_mon iso8601
 
 testdir			= $(datadir)/$(PACKAGE)/tests/cli
 test_SCRIPTS		= regression.sh
 test_DATA		= regression.exp cli.supp
 
 if BUILD_SERVICELOG
 sbin_PROGRAMS		+= notifyServicelogEvent
 endif
 if BUILD_OPENIPMI_SERVICELOG
 sbin_PROGRAMS		+= ipmiservicelogd
 endif
 
 if BUILD_HELP
 man8_MANS =	$(sbin_PROGRAMS:%=%.8) crm_report.8 crm_failcount.8 crm_master.8 crm_standby.8
 endif
 
 ## SOURCES
 
 noinst_HEADERS		= 
 
 crmadmin_SOURCES	= crmadmin.c
 crmadmin_LDADD		= $(COMMONLIBS) $(CLUSTERLIBS) \
 			$(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la
 
 crm_uuid_SOURCES	= crm_uuid.c
 crm_uuid_LDADD		= $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcluster.la
 
 cibadmin_SOURCES	= cibadmin.c
 cibadmin_LDADD		= $(COMMONLIBS) 
 
 crm_shadow_SOURCES	= cib_shadow.c
 crm_shadow_LDADD	= $(COMMONLIBS) 
 
 crm_node_SOURCES	= ccm_epoche.c
 crm_node_LDADD		= $(COMMONLIBS) $(CLUSTERLIBS) \
 			$(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcluster.la
 
 crm_simulate_SOURCES	= crm_inject.c
 crm_simulate_CFLAGS	= -I$(top_srcdir)/pengine
 
 crm_simulate_LDADD	= $(COMMONLIBS)						\
 			$(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la		\
 			$(top_builddir)/pengine/libpengine.la 			\
 			$(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la			\
 			$(top_builddir)/lib/transition/libtransitioner.la
 
 crm_diff_SOURCES	= xml_diff.c
 crm_diff_LDADD		= $(COMMONLIBS)
 
 crm_mon_SOURCES		= crm_mon.c
 crm_mon_LDADD		= $(COMMONLIBS) $(SNMPLIBS) $(ESMTPLIBS) -llrm \
 			$(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la
 
 # Arguments could be made that this should live in crm/pengine
 crm_verify_SOURCES	= crm_verify.c
 crm_verify_LDADD	= $(COMMONLIBS) \
 			$(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la \
 			$(top_builddir)/pengine/libpengine.la
 
 crm_attribute_SOURCES	= crm_attribute.c
 crm_attribute_LDADD	= $(COMMONLIBS)
 
 crm_resource_SOURCES	= crm_resource.c
 crm_resource_LDADD	= $(COMMONLIBS) \
 			$(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_rules.la  \
 			$(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la \
 			$(top_builddir)/pengine/libpengine.la
 
 iso8601_SOURCES		= test.iso8601.c
 iso8601_LDADD		= $(COMMONLIBS) 
 
 attrd_SOURCES		= attrd.c
 attrd_LDADD		= $(COMMONLIBS) $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcluster.la
 
 #pingd_SOURCES		= pingd.c
 #pingd_LDADD		= $(COMMONLIBS)
 
 attrd_updater_SOURCES	= attrd_updater.c
 attrd_updater_LDADD	= $(COMMONLIBS)
 
 if BUILD_SERVICELOG
 notifyServicelogEvent_SOURCES	= notifyServicelogEvent.c
 notifyServicelogEvent_CFLAGS	= `pkg-config --cflags servicelog-1`
 notifyServicelogEvent_LDFLAGS	= `pkg-config --libs servicelog-1` $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 endif
 
 if BUILD_OPENIPMI_SERVICELOG
 ipmiservicelogd_SOURCES	= ipmiservicelogd.c
 ipmiservicelogd_CFLAGS	= `pkg-config --cflags OpenIPMI OpenIPMIposix servicelog-1`
 ipmiservicelogd_LDFLAGS	= `pkg-config --libs OpenIPMI OpenIPMIposix servicelog-1` $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 endif
 
 %.8:	%
 	echo Creating $@
-	chmod a+x $<
+	chmod a+x $(top_builddir)/tools/$<
+	$(top_builddir)/tools/$< --help
+	$(top_builddir)/tools/$< --version
 	help2man --output $@ --no-info --section 8 --name "Part of the Pacemaker cluster resource manager" $(top_builddir)/tools/$<
 
 clean-generic:
 	rm -f *.log *.debug *.xml *~
 
 install-exec-local:
 
 uninstall-local:
 
 .PHONY: install-exec-hook