diff --git a/applications/test/00-dummy/Make/files b/applications/test/00-dummy/Make/files
index 17afc125f448de59f5a04d568f89144ab433e1fb..5dc1cd06a3c7771d909513f41b3e56416b86d2db 100644
--- a/applications/test/00-dummy/Make/files
+++ b/applications/test/00-dummy/Make/files
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* Install into FOAM_APPBIN to support 'fake' builds (to test packaging) */
 Test-dummyLib.C
 
 EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/Test-dummyLib
diff --git a/applications/test/00-dummy/dummy/Make/files b/applications/test/00-dummy/dummy/Make/files
index 2c3af1a8956768fd46594f089ef9e5e125f77c46..36f5ad877f7de490101a8063e620a4205e976adc 100644
--- a/applications/test/00-dummy/dummy/Make/files
+++ b/applications/test/00-dummy/dummy/Make/files
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* Install into FOAM_LIBBIN to support 'fake' builds (to test packaging) */
 dummyLib.C
 
 LIB = $(FOAM_LIBBIN)/libOpenFOAM-dummy
diff --git a/applications/test/decomposePar/Make/files b/applications/test/decomposePar/Make/files
index d9ed6fcd8bf61aa4c1108f537af357e91a5f9b29..39e4256963229c13fb21c141cbdfba4b3801d0d9 100644
--- a/applications/test/decomposePar/Make/files
+++ b/applications/test/decomposePar/Make/files
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Test-decomposePar.C
 
-EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/Test-decomposePar
+EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/Test-decomposePar
diff --git a/applications/test/vtkSeriesWriter/Make/files b/applications/test/vtkSeriesWriter/Make/files
index 367611d7ecebb1c045a8d377d99669803fa931e4..9361197beace71f32c7520f995ec64974d9b5d0c 100644
--- a/applications/test/vtkSeriesWriter/Make/files
+++ b/applications/test/vtkSeriesWriter/Make/files
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Test-vtkSeriesWriter.C
 
-EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/Test-vtkSeriesWriter
+EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/Test-vtkSeriesWriter
diff --git a/applications/test/vtmWriter/Make/files b/applications/test/vtmWriter/Make/files
index 4a16ec021696d6f9178cb8107131bef8f6d59662..1f5a72aaa82962303f84bd619b90640f79cd8692 100644
--- a/applications/test/vtmWriter/Make/files
+++ b/applications/test/vtmWriter/Make/files
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Test-vtmWriter.C
 
-EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/Test-vtmWriter
+EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/Test-vtmWriter
diff --git a/applications/test/wmake1/Make/files b/applications/test/wmake1/Make/files
index 3ef1ed76a9321caf262e083de6ce884c8690e5a7..c7f399593c81a862110f24bf63c213fe27140d7e 100644
--- a/applications/test/wmake1/Make/files
+++ b/applications/test/wmake1/Make/files
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ newStub.C
 oldStub.C
 #endif
 
-EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/Test-wmake1
+EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/Test-wmake1