diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index e8dbf7d1..5cd4fefd 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -173,9 +173,7 @@ func TestBuild(t *testing.T) {
 				avrTests = append(avrTests, t)
 			}
 		}
-		opts := optionsFromTarget("atmega1284p", sema)
-		opts.Scheduler = "tasks"
-		runPlatTests(opts, avrTests, t)
+		runPlatTests(optionsFromTarget("simavr", sema), avrTests, t)
 	})
 
 	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
diff --git a/targets/simavr.json b/targets/simavr.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de40d524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/targets/simavr.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "inherits": ["atmega1284p"],
+    "scheduler": "tasks",
+    "default-stack-size": 512
+}