diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cd1d1fe3209..a163b5c40e9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ go-check:
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
 
+.PHONY: git-check
+git-check:
+	@if git lfs >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then : ; else \
+		echo "Gitea requires git with lfs support to run tests." ; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+
 .PHONY: node-check
 node-check:
 	$(eval NODE_VERSION := $(shell printf "%03d%03d%03d" $(shell node -v | grep -Eo '[0-9]+\.?[0-9]+?\.?[0-9]?' | tr '.' ' ');))
@@ -213,7 +220,7 @@ fmt-check:
 	fi;
 
 .PHONY: test
-test:
+test: git-check
 	GO111MODULE=on $(GO) test -mod=vendor -tags='sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify' $(PACKAGES)
 
 .PHONY: test\#%
@@ -352,19 +359,19 @@ bench-pgsql: integrations.pgsql.test generate-ini-pgsql
 integration-test-coverage: integrations.cover.test generate-ini-mysql
 	GITEA_ROOT=${CURDIR} GITEA_CONF=integrations/mysql.ini ./integrations.cover.test -test.coverprofile=integration.coverage.out
 
-integrations.mysql.test: $(GO_SOURCES)
+integrations.mysql.test: git-check $(GO_SOURCES)
 	GO111MODULE=on $(GO) test -mod=vendor -c code.gitea.io/gitea/integrations -o integrations.mysql.test
 
-integrations.mysql8.test: $(GO_SOURCES)
+integrations.mysql8.test: git-check $(GO_SOURCES)
 	GO111MODULE=on $(GO) test -mod=vendor -c code.gitea.io/gitea/integrations -o integrations.mysql8.test
 
-integrations.pgsql.test: $(GO_SOURCES)
+integrations.pgsql.test: git-check $(GO_SOURCES)
 	GO111MODULE=on $(GO) test -mod=vendor -c code.gitea.io/gitea/integrations -o integrations.pgsql.test
 
-integrations.mssql.test: $(GO_SOURCES)
+integrations.mssql.test: git-check $(GO_SOURCES)
 	GO111MODULE=on $(GO) test -mod=vendor -c code.gitea.io/gitea/integrations -o integrations.mssql.test
 
-integrations.sqlite.test: $(GO_SOURCES)
+integrations.sqlite.test: git-check $(GO_SOURCES)
 	GO111MODULE=on $(GO) test -mod=vendor -c code.gitea.io/gitea/integrations -o integrations.sqlite.test -tags 'sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify'
 
 integrations.cover.test: $(GO_SOURCES)