diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 628a681a..32250f59 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -496,6 +496,9 @@ add_subdirectory( dbus )
 add_subdirectory( bus )
 if (DBUS_BUILD_TESTS)
 	add_subdirectory( test )
+	add_custom_target(check
+		COMMAND ctest -R ^test-.*
+	)
 endif (DBUS_BUILD_TESTS)
 add_subdirectory( tools )
 add_subdirectory( doc )
diff --git a/cmake/test/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a373458a..5e81e7f9 100644
--- a/cmake/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -172,7 +172,3 @@ FOREACH(FILE ${FILES})
         MESSAGE("FROM: ${FILE}\nTO: ${TARGET}\n")
     ENDIF (CONFIG_VERBOSE)
 ENDFOREACH(FILE)
-
-add_custom_target(check
-    COMMAND ctest -R ^test-.*
-)