diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8dce83339..66f397df0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,11 +93,13 @@ add_subdirectory(src/plugins/stockencoders)
 
 if (${FFMPEG_DECODER} MATCHES "true")
   add_subdirectory(src/plugins/ffmpegdecoder)
+  add_dependencies(musikcube ffmpegdecoder)
 else()
   add_subdirectory(src/plugins/m4adecoder)
   add_subdirectory(src/plugins/oggdecoder)
   add_subdirectory(src/plugins/nomaddecoder)
   add_subdirectory(src/plugins/flacdecoder)
+  add_dependencies(musikcube m4adecoder oggdecoder nomaddecoder flacdecoder)
 endif()
 
 add_dependencies(taglibreader taglib)
@@ -203,4 +205,4 @@ endif()
 # to file glob in. these won't be picked up on the initial build because
 # they don't yet exist!
 add_custom_target(postbuild ALL DEPENDS musikcube)
-add_custom_command(TARGET postbuild POST_BUILD COMMAND cmake .)
\ No newline at end of file
+add_custom_command(TARGET postbuild POST_BUILD COMMAND cmake .)