diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b1b8a3e8f..e1217c1b5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2751,12 +2751,15 @@ if(GTEST_FOUND OR DOWNLOAD_GTEST)
   list(APPEND TARGETS_OWN ${TARGET_TESTRUNNER})
   list(APPEND TARGETS_LINK ${TARGET_TESTRUNNER})
 
-  add_custom_target(run_tests
+  add_custom_target(run_cxx_tests
     COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:${TARGET_TESTRUNNER}> ${TESTRUNNER_ARGS}
     COMMENT Running unit tests
     DEPENDS ${TARGET_TESTRUNNER}
     USES_TERMINAL
   )
+  add_custom_target(run_tests
+    DEPENDS run_cxx_tests
+  )
   if(NOT MSVC OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL Release)
     # On MSVC, Rust tests only work in the release mode because we link our C++
     # code with the debug C standard library (/MTd) but Rust only supports