diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3ed461cd55..adece67b8e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-read-cache.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-ref-store.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-regex.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-revision-walking.o
+TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-run-command.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-sha1.o
 
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-dump-fsmonitor
@@ -683,7 +684,6 @@ TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-fake-ssh
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-line-buffer
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-parse-options
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-write-cache
-TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-run-command
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-scrap-cache-tree
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-sha1-array
 TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-sigchain
diff --git a/t/helper/test-run-command.c b/t/helper/test-run-command.c
index 153342e44d..2cc93bb69c 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-run-command.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-run-command.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 
+#include "test-tool.h"
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "argv-array.h"
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ static int task_finished(int result,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int cmd_main(int argc, const char **argv)
+int cmd__run_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	struct child_process proc = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 	int jobs;
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.c b/t/helper/test-tool.c
index 7da5fb4d83..54bdee04b9 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ static struct test_cmd cmds[] = {
 	{ "ref-store", cmd__ref_store },
 	{ "regex", cmd__regex },
 	{ "revision-walking", cmd__revision_walking },
+	{ "run-command", cmd__run_command },
 	{ "sha1", cmd__sha1 },
 };
 
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.h b/t/helper/test-tool.h
index 4dff220646..0fe2dd640b 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.h
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ int cmd__read_cache(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__ref_store(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__regex(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__revision_walking(int argc, const char **argv);
+int cmd__run_command(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__sha1(int argc, const char **argv);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/t/t0061-run-command.sh b/t/t0061-run-command.sh
index 24c92b6cd7..d03149be9f 100755
--- a/t/t0061-run-command.sh
+++ b/t/t0061-run-command.sh
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ EOF
 >empty
 
 test_expect_success 'start_command reports ENOENT' '
-	test-run-command start-command-ENOENT ./does-not-exist
+	test-tool run-command start-command-ENOENT ./does-not-exist
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'run_command can run a command' '
 	cat hello-script >hello.sh &&
 	chmod +x hello.sh &&
-	test-run-command run-command ./hello.sh >actual 2>err &&
+	test-tool run-command run-command ./hello.sh >actual 2>err &&
 
 	test_cmp hello-script actual &&
 	test_cmp empty err
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ test_expect_success !MINGW 'run_command can run a script without a #! line' '
 	cat hello-script
 	EOF
 	chmod +x hello &&
-	test-run-command run-command ./hello >actual 2>err &&
+	test-tool run-command run-command ./hello >actual 2>err &&
 
 	test_cmp hello-script actual &&
 	test_cmp empty err
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ test_expect_success 'run_command does not try to execute a directory' '
 	EOF
 
 	PATH=$PWD/bin1:$PWD/bin2:$PATH \
-		test-run-command run-command greet >actual 2>err &&
+		test-tool run-command run-command greet >actual 2>err &&
 	test_cmp bin2/greet actual &&
 	test_cmp empty err
 '
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'run_command passes over non-executable file' '
 	EOF
 
 	PATH=$PWD/bin1:$PWD/bin2:$PATH \
-		test-run-command run-command greet >actual 2>err &&
+		test-tool run-command run-command greet >actual 2>err &&
 	test_cmp bin2/greet actual &&
 	test_cmp empty err
 '
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'run_command passes over non-executable file' '
 test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'run_command reports EACCES' '
 	cat hello-script >hello.sh &&
 	chmod -x hello.sh &&
-	test_must_fail test-run-command run-command ./hello.sh 2>err &&
+	test_must_fail test-tool run-command run-command ./hello.sh 2>err &&
 
 	grep "fatal: cannot exec.*hello.sh" err
 '
@@ -104,17 +104,17 @@ World
 EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'run_command runs in parallel with more jobs available than tasks' '
-	test-run-command run-command-parallel 5 sh -c "printf \"%s\n%s\n\" Hello World" 2>actual &&
+	test-tool run-command run-command-parallel 5 sh -c "printf \"%s\n%s\n\" Hello World" 2>actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'run_command runs in parallel with as many jobs as tasks' '
-	test-run-command run-command-parallel 4 sh -c "printf \"%s\n%s\n\" Hello World" 2>actual &&
+	test-tool run-command run-command-parallel 4 sh -c "printf \"%s\n%s\n\" Hello World" 2>actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'run_command runs in parallel with more tasks than jobs available' '
-	test-run-command run-command-parallel 3 sh -c "printf \"%s\n%s\n\" Hello World" 2>actual &&
+	test-tool run-command run-command-parallel 3 sh -c "printf \"%s\n%s\n\" Hello World" 2>actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ asking for a quick stop
 EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'run_command is asked to abort gracefully' '
-	test-run-command run-command-abort 3 false 2>actual &&
+	test-tool run-command run-command-abort 3 false 2>actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
@@ -137,14 +137,14 @@ no further jobs available
 EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'run_command outputs ' '
-	test-run-command run-command-no-jobs 3 sh -c "printf \"%s\n%s\n\" Hello World" 2>actual &&
+	test-tool run-command run-command-no-jobs 3 sh -c "printf \"%s\n%s\n\" Hello World" 2>actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
 test_trace () {
 	expect="$1"
 	shift
-	GIT_TRACE=1 test-run-command "$@" run-command true 2>&1 >/dev/null | \
+	GIT_TRACE=1 test-tool run-command "$@" run-command true 2>&1 >/dev/null | \
 		sed 's/.* run_command: //' >actual &&
 	echo "$expect true" >expect &&
 	test_cmp expect actual