diff --git a/cmake/string_catalog.cmake b/cmake/string_catalog.cmake
index b4f38ac2..837cf486 100644
--- a/cmake/string_catalog.cmake
+++ b/cmake/string_catalog.cmake
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ function(gen_str_catalog)
         VERSION
         GUID_ID
         GUID_MASK
-        MODULE_ID_MAX)
+        MODULE_ID_MAX
+        OUTPUTS_TARGET)
     set(multiValueArgs INPUT_JSON INPUT_LIBS INPUT_HEADERS STABLE_JSON)
     cmake_parse_arguments(SC "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}"
                           ${ARGN})
@@ -87,4 +88,9 @@ function(gen_str_catalog)
         add_library(${SC_OUTPUT_LIB} STATIC ${SC_OUTPUT_CPP})
         target_link_libraries(${SC_OUTPUT_LIB} PUBLIC cib)
     endif()
+    if(SC_OUTPUTS_TARGET)
+        add_custom_target(
+            ${SC_OUTPUTS_TARGET} DEPENDS ${SC_OUTPUT_CPP} ${SC_OUTPUT_XML}
+                                         ${SC_OUTPUT_JSON})
+    endif()
 endfunction()
diff --git a/test/log/CMakeLists.txt b/test/log/CMakeLists.txt
index 191156b3..fb643da5 100644
--- a/test/log/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/log/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ gen_str_catalog(
     GUID_ID
     "01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef"
     GUID_MASK
-    "ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff")
+    "ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff"
+    OUTPUTS_TARGET
+    test_catalog_json)
 
 add_library(catalog_strings STATIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/strings.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(catalog_strings PUBLIC cib)