diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/obj_file.c b/tools/qfcc/source/obj_file.c
index ce84d06c3..3d5f064c3 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/obj_file.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/obj_file.c
@@ -573,6 +573,13 @@ qfo_read (QFile *file)
 		free (data);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	// qfprogs leaves progsversion as 0
+	if (options.code.progsversion
+		&& header->progs_version != options.code.progsversion) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "qfo file target VM does not match current target\n");
+		free (data);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	qfo = calloc (1, sizeof (qfo_t));
 
 	qfo->num_spaces = LittleLong (header->num_spaces);
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/test/Makemodule.am b/tools/qfcc/test/Makemodule.am
index 88b9e8480..f555e89f1 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/test/Makemodule.am
+++ b/tools/qfcc/test/Makemodule.am
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ tools_qfcc_test_chewed_return_dat_SOURCES=tools/qfcc/test/chewed-return.r
 chewed_return_obj=$(tools_qfcc_test_chewed_return_dat_SOURCES:.r=.o)
 chewed_return_dep=$(call qcautodep,$(tools_qfcc_test_chewed_return_dat_SOURCES))
 tools/qfcc/test/chewed-return.dat$(EXEEXT): $(chewed_return_obj) $(QFCC_DEP)
-	$(V_QFCCLD)$(QLINK) -o $@ $(chewed_return_obj)
+	$(V_QFCCLD)$(QLINK) -Ctarget=v6 -o $@ $(chewed_return_obj)
 tools/qfcc/test/chewed-return.run: $(qfcc_test_run_deps)
 	@TEST_HARNESS_OPTS=--float $(top_srcdir)/tools/qfcc/test/build-run $@
 include $(chewed_return_dep) # am--include-marker