diff --git a/tests/certs/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/certs/CMakeLists.txt
index 83c0967377..2bc8e5ce07 100644
--- a/tests/certs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/certs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${GENERATEDCERTS}
   VERBATIM
 )
 add_custom_target(build-certs DEPENDS ${GENERATEDCERTS})
+add_dependencies(testdeps build-certs)
 
 add_custom_target(clean-certs
   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove ${GENERATEDCERTS}