diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 06e5128a74..a1e647fb3e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -571,6 +571,10 @@ ginkgo:
 ginkgo-remote:
 	$(MAKE) ginkgo-run TAGS="$(REMOTETAGS) remote_testing" HACK=
 
+.PHONY: testbindings
+testbindings: .install.ginkgo
+	ACK_GINKGO_RC=true $(GINKGO) -v $(TESTFLAGS) -tags "$(TAGS) remote" $(GINKGOTIMEOUT) -progress -trace -noColor -debug -timeout 30m  -v -r ./pkg/bindings/test
+
 .PHONY: localintegration
 localintegration: test-binaries ginkgo
 
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
index 9160966b32..736fc704f2 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
@@ -101,11 +101,8 @@ function _run_bindings() {
         gitcommit_magic="/define.gitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT}"
     fi
 
-    # Subshell needed so logformatter will write output in cwd; if it runs in
-    # the subdir, .cirrus.yml will not find the html'ized log
-    (cd pkg/bindings/test && \
-         echo "$gitcommit_magic" && \
-         ginkgo -progress -trace -noColor -debug -timeout 30m -r -v) |& logformatter
+    (echo "$gitcommit_magic" && \
+        make testbindings) |& logformatter
 }
 
 function _run_docker-py() {