diff --git a/src/lib/version/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/version/CMakeLists.txt
index 8698814b01..abbad55f3e 100644
--- a/src/lib/version/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/version/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ px4_add_module(
 	SRCS
 		version.c
 	DEPENDS
+		ver_gen
 		platforms__common
 	)
 # vim: set noet ft=cmake fenc=utf-8 ff=unix :