diff --git a/examples/distributed_tree/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/distributed_tree/CMakeLists.txt
index 59c6da72d..4a6e31bc8 100644
--- a/examples/distributed_tree/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/distributed_tree/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 add_executable(ArborX_Example_DistributedTree_KNN.exe distributed_knn.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(ArborX_Example_DistributedTree_KNN.exe ArborX::ArborX)
-add_test(NAME ArborX_Example_DistributedTree_KNN COMMAND ${MPIEXEC_EXECUTABLE} ${MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG} ${MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS} ${MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS} ./ArborX_Example_DistributedTree_KNN.exe ${MPIEXEC_POSTFLAGS})
+add_test(NAME ArborX_Example_DistributedTree_KNN COMMAND ${MPIEXEC_EXECUTABLE} ${MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG} ${MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS} ${MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS} $<TARGET_FILE:ArborX_Example_DistributedTree_KNN.exe> ${MPIEXEC_POSTFLAGS})