diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 1124ad16c..a54f11c2d 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ set (test_SRCS autocomplete.t color.t config.t date.t directory.t dom.t
                duration.t file.t i18n.t json.t list.t nibbler.t path.t rx.t
                t.t t2.t taskmod.t tdb2.t text.t uri.t util.t view.t json_test)
 
-add_custom_target (test ./run_all DEPENDS ${test_SRCS}
+add_custom_target (test ./run_all DEPENDS ${test_SRCS} task_executable
                                   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/test)
 
 add_custom_target (build_tests DEPENDS ${test_SRCS}