diff --git a/modules/rostests/apitests/shell32/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/rostests/apitests/shell32/CMakeLists.txt
index bea3f3ea271..4ac921e0692 100644
--- a/modules/rostests/apitests/shell32/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/rostests/apitests/shell32/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,3 +83,4 @@ target_link_libraries(shell32_apitest_sub cpprt atl_classes)
 set_module_type(shell32_apitest_sub win32gui UNICODE)
 add_importlibs(shell32_apitest_sub msvcrt kernel32 user32 shell32 shlwapi ole32)
 add_rostests_file(TARGET shell32_apitest_sub SUBDIR testdata)
+add_dependencies(shell32_apitest shell32_apitest_sub)