diff --git a/tests/meta/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/meta/CMakeLists.txt
index cc08eb7767e..f8f460e9e1e 100644
--- a/tests/meta/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/meta/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ FOREACH(REFERENCE_FILE ${META_INTEGRATION_REFERENCES})
 	# cpp
 	add_test(NAME integration_meta_cpp-${NAME_WITH_DIR}
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-		COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} tester.py -r ${REL_DIR} -f ${NAME}.dat -t cpp -g ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/generated_results -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/reference_results)
+		COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} tester.py -r ${REL_DIR} -f ${NAME}.dat -t cpp -g ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/generated_results -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/reference_results
+		DEPENDS build_cpp_meta_examples)
 set_property(TEST integration_meta_cpp-${NAME_WITH_DIR} PROPERTY
 			ENVIRONMENT "${PYTHON_ENV_VARS}")
 ENDFOREACH()