diff --git a/fips/aes/Makefile.ssl b/fips/aes/Makefile.ssl
index d0cd299ad6..ddecf55b70 100644
--- a/fips/aes/Makefile.ssl
+++ b/fips/aes/Makefile.ssl
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ tests:
 fips_aesavs: fips_aesavs.o ../../libcrypto.a
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o fips_aesavs fips_aesavs.o ../../libcrypto.a
 
-fips_test: top
+fips_test: top fips_aesavs
 	find ../testvectors/aes/req -name '*.req' > testlist
 	-rm -rf ../testvectors/aes/rsp
 	mkdir ../testvectors/aes/rsp