diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index fd7fdb8658..6f02dfcc01 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ check-unit-y += tests/test-uuid$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/ptimer-test$(EXESUF)
 check-unit-y += tests/test-qapi-util$(EXESUF)
 
-check-block-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += tests/qemu-iotests-quick.sh
+check-block-$(call land,$(CONFIG_POSIX),$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU)) += tests/check-block.sh
 
 # All QTests for now are POSIX-only, but the dependencies are
 # really in libqtest, not in the testcases themselves.
@@ -1092,8 +1092,10 @@ clean-tcg: $(CLEAN_TCG_TARGET_RULES)
 
 QEMU_IOTESTS_HELPERS-$(call land,$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU),$(CONFIG_LINUX)) = tests/qemu-iotests/socket_scm_helper$(EXESUF)
 
-.PHONY: check-tests/qemu-iotests-quick.sh
-check-tests/qemu-iotests-quick.sh: tests/qemu-iotests-quick.sh qemu-img$(EXESUF) qemu-io$(EXESUF) qemu-nbd$(EXESUF) $(QEMU_IOTESTS_HELPERS-y)
+.PHONY: check-tests/check-block.sh
+check-tests/check-block.sh: tests/check-block.sh qemu-img$(EXESUF) \
+		qemu-io$(EXESUF) qemu-nbd$(EXESUF) $(QEMU_IOTESTS_HELPERS-y) \
+		$(patsubst %,%/all,$(filter %-softmmu,$(TARGET_DIRS)))
 	$<
 
 .PHONY: $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-qapi-schema-y))
@@ -1167,7 +1169,7 @@ check-acceptance: check-venv $(TESTS_RESULTS_DIR)
 check-qapi-schema: $(patsubst %,check-%, $(check-qapi-schema-y)) check-tests/qapi-schema/doc-good.texi
 check-qtest: $(patsubst %,check-qtest-%, $(QTEST_TARGETS))
 check-block: $(patsubst %,check-%, $(check-block-y))
-check: check-qapi-schema check-unit check-softfloat check-qtest check-decodetree
+check: check-block check-qapi-schema check-unit check-softfloat check-qtest check-decodetree
 check-clean:
 	rm -rf $(check-unit-y) tests/*.o $(QEMU_IOTESTS_HELPERS-y)
 	rm -rf $(sort $(foreach target,$(SYSEMU_TARGET_LIST), $(check-qtest-$(target)-y)) $(check-qtest-generic-y))
diff --git a/tests/check-block.sh b/tests/check-block.sh
index f3d12fd602..c8b6cec3f6 100755
--- a/tests/check-block.sh
+++ b/tests/check-block.sh
@@ -1,24 +1,48 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-FORMAT_LIST="raw qcow2 qed vmdk vpc"
-if [ "$#" -ne 0 ]; then
-    FORMAT_LIST="$@"
+# Honor the SPEED environment variable, just like we do it for the qtests.
+if [ "$SPEED" = "slow" ]; then
+    format_list="raw qcow2"
+    group=
+elif [ "$SPEED" = "thorough" ]; then
+    format_list="raw qcow2 qed vmdk vpc"
+    group=
+else
+    format_list=qcow2
+    group="-g auto"
 fi
 
-export QEMU_PROG="$PWD/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64"
-export QEMU_IMG_PROG="$PWD/qemu-img"
-export QEMU_IO_PROG="$PWD/qemu-io"
+if [ "$#" -ne 0 ]; then
+    format_list="$@"
+fi
 
-if [ ! -x $QEMU_PROG ]; then
-    echo "'make check-block' requires qemu-system-x86_64"
-    exit 1
+if grep -q "TARGET_GPROF=y" *-softmmu/config-target.mak 2>/dev/null ; then
+    echo "GPROF is enabled ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$(find . -name 'qemu-system-*' -print)" ]; then
+    echo "No qemu-system binary available ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if ! command -v bash >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    echo "bash not available ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if ! (sed --version | grep 'GNU sed') > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+    if ! command -v gsed >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "GNU sed not available ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
+        exit 0
+    fi
 fi
 
 cd tests/qemu-iotests
 
 ret=0
-for FMT in $FORMAT_LIST ; do
-    ./check -T -nocache -$FMT || ret=1
+for fmt in $format_list ; do
+    ./check -makecheck -$fmt $group || ret=1
 done
 
 exit $ret
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests-quick.sh b/tests/qemu-iotests-quick.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0e554bb972..0000000000
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests-quick.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-cd tests/qemu-iotests
-
-ret=0
-TEST_DIR=${TEST_DIR:-/tmp/qemu-iotests-quick-$$} ./check -T -qcow2 -g quick || ret=1
-
-exit $ret