diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 06001c2f..92968f84 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ bmake   = $(MAKE) -C buildroot O=$(O) $1
 all: $(config) buildroot/Makefile
 	@+$(call bmake,$@)
 
+check dep:
+	@make -C src $@
+
 $(config):
 	@+$(call bmake,list-defconfigs)
 	@echo "\e[7mERROR: No configuration selected.\e[0m"
@@ -25,4 +28,5 @@ $(config):
 buildroot/Makefile:
 	@git submodule update --init
 
-.PHONY: all
+.PHONY: all check
+
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4cf396a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/staging/
+/GPATH
+/GRTAGS
+/GTAGS
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1c45d69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Host build of critical components, for Coverity Scan mostly
+APPS = confd statd factory
+
+all:
+	@echo "*** all not supported, only check possible ***"
+	false
+
+dep: libsrx
+	(cd $< && make -f check.mk $@)
+
+check: $(APPS)
+	rm -rf staging
+
+$(APPS): libsrx
+	(cd $@ && make -f check.mk)
+
+.PHONY: libsrx
+libsrx:
+	(cd $@ && make -f check.mk)
diff --git a/src/confd/check.mk b/src/confd/check.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..906d5dd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/confd/check.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Used by ../Makefile for 'make check' and Coverity Scan
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH = $(CURDIR)/../staging/lib/pkgconfig
+
+all:
+	./autogen.sh
+	./configure
+	make all
+	make distclean
diff --git a/src/factory/.gitignore b/src/factory/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18aae9c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/factory/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+factory
diff --git a/src/factory/check.mk b/src/factory/check.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f6c1693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/factory/check.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Used by ../Makefile for 'make check' and Coverity Scan
+
+all:
+	make all
+	make clean
diff --git a/src/libsrx/.gitignore b/src/libsrx/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73262df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libsrx/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+*~
+*.o
+*.la
+*.lo
+*.so
+.deps
+.libs
+
+/aclocal.m4
+/autom4te.cache/
+/aux
+/clixon.xml
+/compile
+/config.h
+/config.h.in
+/config.guess
+/config.log
+/config.status
+/config.sub
+/configure
+/depcomp
+/install-sh
+/libtool
+/ltmain.sh
+/m4
+/missing
+/stamp-h1
+
+GPATH
+GRTAGS
+GTAGS
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+src/libsrx.pc
diff --git a/src/libsrx/check.mk b/src/libsrx/check.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f068255e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libsrx/check.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Used by ../Makefile for 'make check' and Coverity Scan
+
+all:
+	./configure
+	make all
+	make distclean
+
+# Normal build, for apps to link to during check
+dep:
+	./autogen.sh
+	./configure --prefix=$(CURDIR)/../staging
+	make all
+	make install
+	make distclean
diff --git a/src/statd/.gitignore b/src/statd/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe2e9092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/statd/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*~
+*.o
+statd
diff --git a/src/statd/check.mk b/src/statd/check.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94416586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/statd/check.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Used by ../Makefile for 'make check' and Coverity Scan
+
+export CPPFLAGS = -I$(CURDIR)/../staging/include
+export LDLIBS   = -L$(CURDIR)/../staging/lib -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
+
+all:
+	make all
+	make clean