diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 37c4c26a7..710288a88 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,4 +107,5 @@ if(ONNX_BUILD_TESTS)
   add_executable(test_simple tests/test_simple.cc)
   target_link_libraries(test_simple onnx_optimizer gtest gtest_main) 
   add_test(NAME test_simple COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_simple)
+  add_dependencies(test_simple onnx_gtests)
 endif()