diff --git a/makefiles/tests/tests.inc.mk b/makefiles/tests/tests.inc.mk
index 8aaaa72387..f10e8ec642 100644
--- a/makefiles/tests/tests.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/tests/tests.inc.mk
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ test-with-config/check-config:
 		done; \
 		${COLOR_ECHO} -n "${COLOR_RESET}"
 
+
+RIOT_TEST_HASH_DIR ?= $(BINDIR)
+
 # this target only makes sense if an ELFFILE is actually created, thus guard by
 # RIOTNOLINK="".
 ifeq (,$(RIOTNOLINK))
@@ -92,10 +95,10 @@ ifeq (,$(RIOTNOLINK))
     $(error HASHFILE is empty for $(BOARD))
   endif
 test-input-hash: $(TESTS) $(TESTS_WITH_CONFIG) $(TESTS_AS_ROOT) $(HASHFILE) $(TEST_EXTRA_FILES)
-	sha1sum $^ > $(BINDIR)/test-input-hash.sha1
+	sha1sum $^ > $(RIOT_TEST_HASH_DIR)/test-input-hash.sha1
 else
 # .SECONDARY creates the bin folder, we depend on it to avoid writing to it
 # prior to it being created when concurrent building is used
 test-input-hash: .SECONDARY
-	$(file >$(BINDIR)/test-input-hash.sha1,no binary generated due to RIOTNOLINK=1)
+	$(file >$(RIOT_TEST_HASH_DIR)/test-input-hash.sha1,no binary generated due to RIOTNOLINK=1)
 endif
diff --git a/makefiles/vars.inc.mk b/makefiles/vars.inc.mk
index 53d29b953d..42992202a3 100644
--- a/makefiles/vars.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/vars.inc.mk
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export RIOTMAKE              # Location of all supplemental Makefiles (such as t
 export RIOTKCONFIG           # Location of all supplemental Kconfig files
 export BINDIRBASE            # This is the folder where the application should be built in. For each BOARD a different subfolder is used.
 export BINDIR                # This is the folder where the application should be built in.
+export RIOT_TEST_HASH_DIR    # The dir to generate the test-input-hash.sha1 file for checking if a test has changed, uses BINDIR by default.
 export CARGO_TARGET_DIR      # This is the folder where Rust parts of the application should be built in.
 export BUILD_DIR             # This is the base folder to store common build files and artifacts, e.g. test results.
 export APPDIR                # The base folder containing the application