diff --git a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ea4b8a854..6bf4c43390 100644
--- a/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/mavlink/mavlink_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,4 +51,6 @@ px4_add_module(
 		mavlink_ftp_test.cpp
 		../mavlink_stream.cpp
 		../mavlink_ftp.cpp
+	DEPENDS
+		git_mavlink_v2
 	)