diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/test/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt
index e5416da70d500..eeb9cf1e34fc8 100644
--- a/mlir/test/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ add_mlir_library(MLIRTestIR
   TestVisitorsGeneric.cpp
 
   EXCLUDE_FROM_LIBMLIR
+
+  DEPENDS
+  MLIRTestDialect
   )
+
 mlir_target_link_libraries(MLIRTestIR PUBLIC
   MLIRPass
   MLIRBytecodeReader