diff --git a/mlir/cmake/modules/IRDLToCpp.cmake b/mlir/cmake/modules/IRDLToCpp.cmake
index 8470ccdf55166..3fa1601c694d2 100644
--- a/mlir/cmake/modules/IRDLToCpp.cmake
+++ b/mlir/cmake/modules/IRDLToCpp.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ function(add_irdl_to_cpp_target target irdl_file)
 
     # The command output depends on the executable to ensure IRDL sources are properly rebuilt
     # if the tool changes.
-    DEPENDS ${MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_EXE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${irdl_file}
+    DEPENDS ${MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_TARGET} ${MLIR_IRDL_TO_CPP_EXE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${irdl_file}
     COMMENT "Building ${irdl_file}..."
   )
   add_custom_target(${target} DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${irdl_file}.cpp.inc)