diff --git a/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/CMakeLists.txt b/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/CMakeLists.txt
index e27a4690e..0185ddc91 100644
--- a/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/CMakeLists.txt	
+++ b/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/CMakeLists.txt	
@@ -157,3 +157,7 @@ add_custom_target(clang-format COMMAND clang-format -i cmMod.cpp)
 
 add_dependencies(cmModLib args_test_cmd tgtCpyTest4)
 add_dependencies(args_test_cmd macro_name_cmd;gen;mycpy)
+
+# Reproduce https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/10244
+add_custom_target(mycpy.all)
+add_dependencies(mycpy.all mycpy)
diff --git a/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/mycpy/.gitkeep b/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/mycpy/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22c19ce2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/cmake/8 custom command/subprojects/cmMod/mycpy/.gitkeep	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Required to reproduce https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/10244