diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f48bca76cef8a8a2c3e378f74965777cc28c57b7..7cb01fc578600907c160e08a01fe452a7cb78501 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ if (with-nest OR BUILD_NEST)
       -DBOOSTROOT=${BOOSTROOT}
       -DBOOST_INCLUDEDIR=${BOOST_INCLUDEDIR}
       -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=${BOOST_LIBRARYDIR}
-    DEPENDS contra nesci
+    DEPENDS contra nesci nest
   )
 endif (with-nest)