diff --git a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
index 16e922e7c1..d54237e6c1 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2837,6 +2837,12 @@ add_custom_command (
           ${OPENAIR_DIR}/common/utils/LOG/vcd_signal_dumper.h
   )
 
+execute_process (
+  COMMAND make clean
+  COMMAND make -j2
+  COMMAND make check_vcd
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${OPENAIR_DIR}/common/utils/T
+)
 #This rule is specifically needed to generate T files
 #before anything else in a project that uses the T.
 #See below, there are some 'add_dependencies' showing that.