diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/TestAppBuilder.xml b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/TestAppBuilder.xml
index c8d75313c06..96c9fe00697 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/TestAppBuilder.xml
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/TestAppBuilder.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
     <!-- targets -->
     <target name="makeTestApps" description="Create the binaries for the test applications">    
-            <exec executable="make" dir="${src_dir}" />
+            <exec executable="make" dir="${src_dir}" failifexecutionfails="false"/>
      </target>
 
     <condition property="binDirExists">
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml
index 0c77061eb1c..a203422a5dc 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.tests.dsf.gdb/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 					</execution>
 					<execution>
 						<id>prepare</id>
-						<phase>validate</phase>
+						<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
 						<configuration>
 							<tasks>
 								<ant antfile="TestAppBuilder.xml" target="makeTestApps"/>