diff --git a/components/app/remote-test-runner/component.cmake b/components/app/remote-test-runner/component.cmake
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+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2021, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if (NOT DEFINED TGT)
+	message(FATAL_ERROR "mandatory parameter TGT is not defined.")
+endif()
+
+target_sources(${TGT} PRIVATE
+	"${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/remote_test_runner.cpp"
+	)
+