diff --git a/plugins/carlabase/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/carlabase/CMakeLists.txt
index 49d7ad2651c..722f8463da8 100644
--- a/plugins/carlabase/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/carlabase/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,4 +39,7 @@ if(LMMS_HAVE_CARLA OR LMMS_HAVE_WEAKCARLA)
                 BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH TRUE
                 INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE
                 INSTALL_RPATH "${CARLA_RPATH}")
+        IF(LMMS_HAVE_WEAKCARLA)
+                ADD_DEPENDENCIES(carlabase carla_native-plugin)
+        ENDIF()
 endif()