diff --git a/tests/fate/acodec.mak b/tests/fate/acodec.mak
index 35b597859c..1b8c32b163 100644
--- a/tests/fate/acodec.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/acodec.mak
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 fate-acodec-%: CODEC = $(@:fate-acodec-%=%)
 fate-acodec-%: SRC = tests/data/asynth-44100-2.wav
-fate-acodec-%: CMD = enc_dec wav $(SRC) $(FMT) "-b:a 128k -c $(CODEC) $(ENCOPTS)" wav "-c pcm_s16le $(DECOPTS)" -keep
+fate-acodec-%: CMD = enc_dec wav $(SRC) $(FMT) "-b:a 128k -c $(CODEC) $(ENCOPTS)" wav "-c pcm_s16le $(DECOPTS)" "$(KEEP_OVERRIDE)"
 fate-acodec-%: CMP_UNIT = 2
 fate-acodec-%: REF = $(SRC_PATH)/tests/ref/acodec/$(@:fate-acodec-%=%)
 
diff --git a/tests/fate/filter-video.mak b/tests/fate/filter-video.mak
index 9c7e3489f4..a0d645cc4a 100644
--- a/tests/fate/filter-video.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/filter-video.mak
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ fate-filter-pad: CMD = video_filter "pad=iw*1.5:ih*1.5:iw*0.3:ih*0.2"
 FATE_FILTER_PP = fate-filter-pp fate-filter-pp1 fate-filter-pp2 fate-filter-pp3 fate-filter-pp4 fate-filter-pp5 fate-filter-pp6
 FATE_FILTER_VSYNTH-$(CONFIG_PP_FILTER) += $(FATE_FILTER_PP)
 $(FATE_FILTER_PP): fate-vsynth1-mpeg4-qprd
+fate-vsynth1-mpeg4-qprd: KEEP_OVERRIDE= -keep
 
 fate-filter-pp:  CMD = framecrc -flags bitexact -export_side_data venc_params -idct simple -i $(TARGET_PATH)/tests/data/fate/vsynth1-mpeg4-qprd.avi -frames:v 5 -flags +bitexact -vf "pp=be/hb/vb/tn/l5/al"
 fate-filter-pp1: CMD = video_filter "pp=fq|4/be/hb/vb/tn/l5/al"
diff --git a/tests/fate/seek.mak b/tests/fate/seek.mak
index 98d2b54674..5efec32702 100644
--- a/tests/fate/seek.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/seek.mak
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ FATE_SEEK_EXTRA += $(FATE_SEEK_EXTRA-yes)
 $(FATE_SEEK) $(FATE_SAMPLES_SEEK) $(FATE_SEEK_EXTRA): libavformat/tests/seek$(EXESUF)
 $(FATE_SEEK) $(FATE_SAMPLES_SEEK): CMD = run libavformat/tests/seek$(EXESUF) $(TARGET_PATH)/tests/data/$(SRC)
 $(FATE_SEEK) $(FATE_SAMPLES_SEEK): fate-seek-%: fate-%
+$(subst fate-seek-,fate-,$(FATE_SAMPLES_SEEK) $(FATE_SEEK)): KEEP_OVERRIDE = -keep
 fate-seek-%: REF = $(SRC_PATH)/tests/ref/seek/$(@:fate-seek-%=%)
 
 FATE_AVCONV += $(FATE_SEEK)
diff --git a/tests/fate/vcodec.mak b/tests/fate/vcodec.mak
index 1e9c0d5647..ef892366eb 100644
--- a/tests/fate/vcodec.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/vcodec.mak
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ fate-vsynth_lena-%: SRC = tests/data/vsynth_lena.yuv
 fate-vsynth3-%: SRC = tests/data/vsynth3.yuv
 fate-vsynth%: CODEC = $(word 3, $(subst -, ,$(@)))
 fate-vsynth%: FMT = avi
-fate-vsynth%: CMD = enc_dec "rawvideo -s 352x288 -pix_fmt yuv420p $(RAWDECOPTS)" $(SRC) $(FMT) "-c $(CODEC) $(ENCOPTS)" rawvideo "-s 352x288 -pix_fmt yuv420p -vsync 0 $(DECOPTS)" -keep "$(DECINOPTS)"
-fate-vsynth3-%: CMD = enc_dec "rawvideo -s $(FATEW)x$(FATEH) -pix_fmt yuv420p $(RAWDECOPTS)" $(SRC) $(FMT) "-c $(CODEC) $(ENCOPTS)" rawvideo "-s $(FATEW)x$(FATEH) -pix_fmt yuv420p -vsync 0 $(DECOPTS)" -keep "$(DECINOPTS)"
+fate-vsynth%: CMD = enc_dec "rawvideo -s 352x288 -pix_fmt yuv420p $(RAWDECOPTS)" $(SRC) $(FMT) "-c $(CODEC) $(ENCOPTS)" rawvideo "-s 352x288 -pix_fmt yuv420p -vsync 0 $(DECOPTS)" "$(KEEP_OVERRIDE)" "$(DECINOPTS)"
+fate-vsynth3-%: CMD = enc_dec "rawvideo -s $(FATEW)x$(FATEH) -pix_fmt yuv420p $(RAWDECOPTS)" $(SRC) $(FMT) "-c $(CODEC) $(ENCOPTS)" rawvideo "-s $(FATEW)x$(FATEH) -pix_fmt yuv420p -vsync 0 $(DECOPTS)" "" "$(DECINOPTS)"
 fate-vsynth%: CMP_UNIT = 1
 fate-vsynth%: REF = $(SRC_PATH)/tests/ref/vsynth/$(@:fate-%=%)