diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qapplication/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qapplication/CMakeLists.txt
index f4f778258b..85c3ba5686 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qapplication/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qapplication/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@
 add_subdirectory(desktopsettingsaware)
 add_subdirectory(modal)
 add_subdirectory(test)
+
+add_dependencies(tst_qapplication
+    desktopsettingsaware_helper
+    modal_helper
+)