--- ../Makefile	2026-09-20 16:15:52.482959120 +0300
+++ ../Makefile	2026-09-20 16:16:34.949755379 +0300
@@ -168,7 +168,9 @@
 # With PGRX: the postgres instance is created previously by `cargo run`. This
 # means we have some extra tasks to prepare the instance
 
-installcheck: stop start
+INSTALLCHECK_DEPS ?= stop start
+
+installcheck: $(INSTALLCHECK_DEPS)
 	dropdb $(PSQL_OPT) --if-exists $(PGDATABASE)
 	dropdb $(PSQL_OPT) --if-exists $(PGDATABASE)_source
 	createdb $(PSQL_OPT) $(PGDATABASE)