diff --git a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/assertion_helpers.rs b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/assertion_helpers.rs
index 4b5b349431db9..4bcb75d5f0b83 100644
--- a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/assertion_helpers.rs
+++ b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/assertion_helpers.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ pub fn assert_not_contains<H: AsRef<str>, N: AsRef<str>>(haystack: H, needle: N)
     }
 }
 
+/// Assert that `haystack` contains `needle` a `count` number of times.
+#[track_caller]
+pub fn assert_count_is<H: AsRef<str>, N: AsRef<str>>(count: usize, haystack: H, needle: N) {
+    let haystack = haystack.as_ref();
+    let needle = needle.as_ref();
+    if count != haystack.matches(needle).count() {
+        eprintln!("=== HAYSTACK ===");
+        eprintln!("{}", haystack);
+        eprintln!("=== NEEDLE ===");
+        eprintln!("{}", needle);
+        panic!("needle did not appear {count} times in haystack");
+    }
+}
+
 /// Assert that all files in `dir1` exist and have the same content in `dir2`
 pub fn assert_dirs_are_equal(dir1: impl AsRef<Path>, dir2: impl AsRef<Path>) {
     let dir2 = dir2.as_ref();
diff --git a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/lib.rs b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/lib.rs
index 085120764b463..d844d823f0780 100644
--- a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/lib.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ pub use path_helpers::{
 pub use scoped_run::{run_in_tmpdir, test_while_readonly};
 
 pub use assertion_helpers::{
-    assert_contains, assert_dirs_are_equal, assert_equals, assert_not_contains,
+    assert_contains, assert_count_is, assert_dirs_are_equal, assert_equals, assert_not_contains,
 };
 
 pub use string::{
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
index a84b89ff4a113..160d20fb2b07e 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/allowed_run_make_makefiles.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ run-make/link-cfg/Makefile
 run-make/long-linker-command-lines-cmd-exe/Makefile
 run-make/long-linker-command-lines/Makefile
 run-make/macos-deployment-target/Makefile
-run-make/min-global-align/Makefile
 run-make/native-link-modifier-bundle/Makefile
 run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/Makefile
 run-make/no-alloc-shim/Makefile
diff --git a/tests/run-make/min-global-align/Makefile b/tests/run-make/min-global-align/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 82f38749e0092..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/min-global-align/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-include ../tools.mk
-
-# only-linux
-
-# This tests ensure that global variables respect the target minimum alignment.
-# The three bools `STATIC_BOOL`, `STATIC_MUT_BOOL`, and `CONST_BOOL` all have
-# type-alignment of 1, but some targets require greater global alignment.
-
-SRC = min_global_align.rs
-LL = $(TMPDIR)/min_global_align.ll
-
-all:
-# Most targets are happy with default alignment -- take i686 for example.
-ifeq ($(filter x86,$(LLVM_COMPONENTS)),x86)
-	$(RUSTC) --target=i686-unknown-linux-gnu --emit=llvm-ir $(SRC)
-	[ "$$(grep -c 'align 1' "$(LL)")" -eq "3" ]
-endif
-# SystemZ requires even alignment for PC-relative addressing.
-ifeq ($(filter systemz,$(LLVM_COMPONENTS)),systemz)
-	$(RUSTC) --target=s390x-unknown-linux-gnu --emit=llvm-ir $(SRC)
-	[ "$$(grep -c 'align 2' "$(LL)")" -eq "3" ]
-endif
diff --git a/tests/run-make/min-global-align/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/min-global-align/rmake.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0db82b8340d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-make/min-global-align/rmake.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// This tests ensure that global variables respect the target minimum alignment.
+// The three bools `STATIC_BOOL`, `STATIC_MUT_BOOL`, and `CONST_BOOL` all have
+// type-alignment of 1, but some targets require greater global alignment.
+// See /~https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/44440
+
+//@ only-linux
+// Reason: this test is target-independent, considering compilation is targeted
+// towards linux architectures only.
+
+use run_make_support::{assert_count_is, llvm_components_contain, rfs, rustc};
+
+fn main() {
+    // Most targets are happy with default alignment -- take i686 for example.
+    if llvm_components_contain("x86") {
+        rustc().target("i686-unknown-linux-gnu").emit("llvm-ir").input("min_global_align.rs").run();
+        assert_count_is(3, rfs::read_to_string("min_global_align.ll"), "align 1");
+    }
+    // SystemZ requires even alignment for PC-relative addressing.
+    if llvm_components_contain("systemz") {
+        rustc()
+            .target("s390x-unknown-linux-gnu")
+            .emit("llvm-ir")
+            .input("min_global_align.rs")
+            .run();
+        assert_count_is(3, rfs::read_to_string("min_global_align.ll"), "align 2");
+    }
+}