diff --git a/production/cmake/gaia.cmake b/production/cmake/gaia.cmake
index 2ce2c6289a93..46f4e7cbce96 100644
--- a/production/cmake/gaia.cmake
+++ b/production/cmake/gaia.cmake
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ function(process_schema)
     OUTPUT ${DIRECT_ACCESS_HEADER_FILE}
     OUTPUT ${DIRECT_ACCESS_CPP_FILE}
     COMMAND ${GAIA_GAIAC_CMD} ${GAIA_GAIAC_ARGS}
+    DEPENDS ${ARG_DDL_FILE}
   )
 
   if(NOT DEFINED ARG_TARGET_NAME)