2 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/make.c b/miscutils/make.c
index 431ac41d4..f50ffbbef 100644
--- a/miscutils/make.c
+++ b/miscutils/make.c
@@ -1358,6 +1358,8 @@ target_type(char *s)
                 ".SILENT",
                 ".SUFFIXES",
                 ".PHONY",
+                ".NOTPARALLEL",
+                ".WAIT",
         };
 
         if (*s != '.')
@@ -1738,6 +1740,8 @@ input(FILE *fd, int ilevel)
                                 files = gd.gl_pathv;
                         }
                         for (i = 0; i < nfile; ++i) {
+                                if (!posix && strcmp(files[i], ".WAIT") == 0)
+                                        continue;
                                 np = newname(files[i]);
                                 newdep(&dp, np);
                         }
diff --git a/testsuite/make.tests b/testsuite/make.tests
index c97950e95..35d3b7149 100755
--- a/testsuite/make.tests
+++ b/testsuite/make.tests
@@ -277,8 +277,6 @@ target:
         @echo "$(hello) 4"
 '
 
-cd .. || exit 1; rm -rf make.tempdir 2>/dev/null
-
 # Nested macro expansion is allowed.  This should be compatible
 # with other implementations.
 testing "make nested macro expansion" \
@@ -297,6 +295,18 @@ target:
         @echo 5 $($a$b$c)
 '
 
+# .WAIT is allowed as a prerequisite.  Since parallel builds aren't
+# implemented it doesn't have any effect.
+mkdir make.tempdir && cd make.tempdir || exit 1
+touch file1 file2
+testing "make .WAIT is allowed as a prerequisite" \
+        "make -f -" \
+        "file1 file2\n" "" '
+target: file1 .WAIT file2
+        @echo $^
+'
+cd .. || exit 1; rm -rf make.tempdir 2>/dev/null
+
 testing "make double-colon rule" \
         "make -f -" "target1\ntarget2\n" "" '
 target::