diff --git a/test/asm/listing/Makefile b/test/asm/listing/Makefile
index 976af1fc8..62b742689 100644
--- a/test/asm/listing/Makefile
+++ b/test/asm/listing/Makefile
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ $(WORKDIR)/$1.bin: $1.s $(ISEQUAL)
 ifeq ($(wildcard control/$1.err),)
 	$(CA65) -t none -o $$(@:.bin=.o) $$< > $$(@:.bin=.err) 2>&1
 ifeq ($(wildcard control/$1.no-ld65),)
-	$(LD65) -t none -o $$@ $$(@:.bin=.o) none.lib
+	$(LD65) -t none -o $$@ $$(@:.bin=.o) none.lib > $$(@:.bin=.ld65-err) 2>&1
 endif
 else
 	$(CA65) -t none -o $$(@:.bin=.o) $$< > $$(@:.bin=.err) 2>&1 || true
 ifeq ($(wildcard control/$1.no-ld65),)
-	$(LD65) -t none -o $$@ $$(@:.bin=.o) none.lib || true
+	$(LD65) -t none -o $$@ $$(@:.bin=.o) none.lib > $$(@:.bin=.ld65-err) 2>&1  || true
 endif
 endif
 
@@ -71,15 +71,24 @@ ifneq ($(wildcard ref/$1.bin-ref),)
 	$(ISEQUAL) --binary ref/$1.bin-ref $$@
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(wildcard ref/$1.ld65err-ref),)
+	$(ISEQUAL) ref/$1.ld65err-ref $$(@:.bin=.ld65-err)
+else
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(WORKDIR)/$1.ld65-err),)
+	$(ISEQUAL) --empty $$(@:.bin=.ld65-err)
+endif
+endif
+
+#	compile with listing file
 ifeq ($(wildcard control/$1.err),)
-	$(CA65) -t none -l $$(@:.bin=.lst) -o $$(@:.bin=.list-o) $$< > $$(@:.bin=.list-err) 2>&1
+	$(CA65) -t none -l $$(@:.bin=.list-lst) -o $$(@:.bin=.list-o) $$< > $$(@:.bin=.list-err) 2>&1
 ifeq ($(wildcard control/$1.no-ld65),)
-	$(LD65) -t none -o $$(@:.bin=.list-bin) $$(@:.bin=.list-o) none.lib > $$(@:.bin=.ld65-err) 2>&1
+	$(LD65) -t none -o $$(@:.bin=.list-bin) $$(@:.bin=.list-o) none.lib > $$(@:.bin=.list-ld65-err) 2>&1
 endif
 else
-	$(CA65) -t none -l $$(@:.bin=.lst) -o $$(@:.bin=.list-o) $$< > $$(@:.bin=.list-err) 2>&1 || true
+	$(CA65) -t none -l $$(@:.bin=.list-lst) -o $$(@:.bin=.list-o) $$< > $$(@:.bin=.list-err) 2>&1 || true
 ifeq ($(wildcard control/$1.no-ld65),)
-	$(LD65) -t none -o $$(@:.bin=.list-bin) $$(@:.bin=.list-o) none.lib > $$(@:.bin=.ld65-err) 2>&1 || true
+	$(LD65) -t none -o $$(@:.bin=.list-bin) $$(@:.bin=.list-o) none.lib > $$(@:.bin=.list-ld65-err) 2>&1 || true
 endif
 endif
 
@@ -90,10 +99,10 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(wildcard ref/$1.ld65err-ref),)
-	$(ISEQUAL) ref/$1.ld65err-ref $$(@:.bin=.ld65-err)
+	$(ISEQUAL) ref/$1.ld65err-ref $$(@:.bin=.list-ld65-err)
 else
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(WORKDIR)/$1.ld65-err),)
-	$(ISEQUAL) --empty $$(@:.bin=.ld65-err)
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(WORKDIR)/$1.list-ld65-err),)
+	$(ISEQUAL) --empty $$(@:.bin=.list-ld65-err)
 endif
 endif
 
@@ -106,7 +115,7 @@ ifneq ($(wildcard ref/$1.list-ref),)
 #	we have a reference file, compare that, too
 
 #	remove first line which contains a version number
-	$(ISEQUAL) --skip=1 ref/$1.list-ref $$(@:.bin=.lst)
+	$(ISEQUAL) --skip=1 ref/$1.list-ref $$(@:.bin=.list-lst)
 endif
 
 endef # LISTING_template