diff --git a/tests/misc/global_decl_loc.i b/tests/misc/global_decl_loc.i
index e096a28e5ed36c5a51cca0c09c1b107d09db53c8..7955b774e26b1c68c70f8451b9dd9b8463989b7d 100644
--- a/tests/misc/global_decl_loc.i
+++ b/tests/misc/global_decl_loc.i
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* run.config
  COMMENT: with dune, the LIBS directive must be replaced by a MODULE directive (see also ./test_config file)
  LIBS: global_decl_loc
-   OPT: @PTEST_DIR@/global_decl_loc2.i
+   OPT: %{dep:@PTEST_DIR@/global_decl_loc2.i}
  */
 
 int g;
diff --git a/tests/misc/global_decl_loc2.i b/tests/misc/global_decl_loc2.i
index 3c446194a0fdc822381d363ab445ae0d4187b1f7..46a2d3bb568d4de20543ce39eed1043264de1101 100644
--- a/tests/misc/global_decl_loc2.i
+++ b/tests/misc/global_decl_loc2.i
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* run.config*
  COMMENT: with dune, the LIBS directive must be replaced by a MODULE directive (see also ./test_config file)
  LIBS: global_decl_loc
-
+ DEPS: @PTEST_DIR@/global_decl_loc.i
    OPT: @PTEST_DIR@/global_decl_loc.i
 */
 extern int g;