diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 19e123423b..e026851309 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4453,6 +4453,7 @@ foreach target : target_dirs
       emulators += {exe['name'] : custom_target(exe['name'],
                    input: build_input,
                    output: exe['name'],
+                   build_by_default: true,
                    command: [entitlement, '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@'])
       }