diff --git a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
index 3af1413..fd79d65 100644
--- a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,28 +1,35 @@
 include(ECMAddTests)
 include_directories(AFTER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..")
 include_directories(AFTER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..")
 ecm_add_test(
     shuffle_test.cpp
     TEST_NAME ShuffleTest
     LINK_LIBRARIES Qt5::Test
     NAME_PREFIX "kpat-"
 )
 ecm_add_test(
     "../dealer.cpp"
     "../dealerinfo.cpp"
     "../golf.cpp"
     "../patsolve/golfsolver.cpp"
     "../patsolve/memory.cpp"
     "../patsolve/patsolve.cpp"
     "../messagebox.cpp"
     "../kpat_debug.cpp"
     "../patpile.cpp"
     "../pileutils.cpp"
     "../renderer.cpp"
     solver_format.cpp
     TEST_NAME SolverFormatTest
     LINK_LIBRARIES Qt5::Test kcardgame
         KF5KDEGames
         ${BLACK_HOLE_SOLVER_LDFLAGS}
     NAME_PREFIX "kpat-"
 )
+# kpat code may include generated files, so by using any kpat file in the test
+# the test itself becomes dependent on the entire kpat target, even when not
+# using the target directly.
+# TODO: make libkpat a static library linked into the test and kpat itself so
+# the dependency order is "correct" and the compilation units are only built
+# once.
+add_dependencies(SolverFormatTest kpat)