diff --git a/bin/foamInstallationTest b/bin/foamInstallationTest
index a3ebbbae09534c08a4109d409f163b42dd3ec3b0..3949b0943746f17f236999a9f3a791fd26cade35 100755
--- a/bin/foamInstallationTest
+++ b/bin/foamInstallationTest
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #    \\/     M anipulation  |
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #     Copyright (C) 2011-2015 OpenFOAM Foundation
-#     Copyright (C) 2019-2020 OpenCFD Ltd.
+#     Copyright (C) 2019-2021 OpenCFD Ltd.
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # License
 #     This file is part of OpenFOAM, distributed under GPL-3.0-or-later.
@@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ reportExecutable()
         VERSION=$(flex --version /dev/null 2>&1 \
             | sed -ne 's/flex \([0-9][0-9.]*\).*/\1/p')
         ;;
+    make)
+        VERSION=$(make --version /dev/null 2>&1 \
+            | sed -ne 's/^.*[Mm]ake \([0-9][0-9.]*\).*/\1/p')
+        ;;
     wmake)
         VERSION="$(wmake --version 2>/dev/null)"
         ;;
@@ -442,6 +446,7 @@ hline
 echo "$(fixlen Software 12) $(fixlen Version 10) $(fixlen Location 10)"
 hline
 reportExecutable flex
+reportExecutable make
 reportExecutable wmake
 
 for compilerType in c cxx
diff --git a/bin/tools/RunFunctions b/bin/tools/RunFunctions
index 0194f9462494c8fc2cb80177d728b10632407277..ccb2bc1c103a83d6d18af1eb316c08b72d40f4b2 100644
--- a/bin/tools/RunFunctions
+++ b/bin/tools/RunFunctions
@@ -54,13 +54,21 @@ notTest()
 }
 
 #
-# Test for wmake and compiler suite or emit warning
+# Test for make/wmake, compiler suite or emit warning
 #
 canCompile()
 {
+    # system
+    if ! command -v make >/dev/null
+    then
+        echo "No system 'make' command found ... cannot compile" 1>&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    # OpenFOAM-specific
     if ! command -v wmake >/dev/null
     then
-        echo "No wmake command found ... cannot compile" 1>&2
+        echo "No openfoam 'wmake' command found ... cannot compile" 1>&2
         return 1
     fi
 
@@ -69,7 +77,7 @@ canCompile()
 
     if [ -z "$cxx_compiler" ]
     then
-        echo "No wmake rule for C++ compiler? ... cannot compile" 1>&2
+        echo "No wmake rule for C++ compiler ... cannot compile" 1>&2
         return 1
     elif ! command -v "$cxx_compiler"  >/dev/null
     then