diff --git a/compiler/Makefile b/compiler/Makefile
index 7d93ac759..b8f1422b7 100644
--- a/compiler/Makefile
+++ b/compiler/Makefile
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ generate-mlbench:
 	find tests/end_to_end_benchmarks/mlbench -name "*.mlir" -exec sed -e '1d' -e 's/ func / func.func /g' -e 's/ linalg.tensor_/ tensor./g' -e '$$d' -i {} \;
 	python tests/end_to_end_benchmarks/generate_bench_yaml.py tests/end_to_end_benchmarks/mlbench tests/end_to_end_benchmarks/mlbench/end_to_end_mlbench
 
-run-mlbench: build-mlbench
+run-mlbench: build-mlbench generate-mlbench
 	tests/end_to_end_benchmarks/end_to_end_mlbench.sh tests/end_to_end_benchmarks/mlbench/ $(BUILD_DIR)/bin/end_to_end_mlbench
 
 show-stress-tests-summary: