diff --git a/make/textest.mk b/make/textest.mk
index 9393d094..e7829b38 100644
--- a/make/textest.mk
+++ b/make/textest.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-SOURCES = $(wildcard *.tex)
-PDF_VIEWER ?= okular
+SOURCES               = $(wildcard *.tex)
+PDF_VIEWER           ?= okular
+MAIN                 ?= main
 
 all: build.done
 clean: clean.files
@@ -7,10 +8,10 @@ install:
 distclean:
 
 view: build.done
-	$(PDF_VIEWER) main.pdf
+	$(PDF_VIEWER) $(MAIN).pdf
 
 build.done: $(SOURCES)
-	pdflatex main.tex
+	pdflatex $(MAIN).tex
 	touch $@
 
 clean.files: