diff --git a/labgrid/test/rule.bzl b/labgrid/test/rule.bzl
index 46f97f6508ed7128a9a2b2254f03a4343fe034b4..962668146757fbc9154712561ada2f3e52afed87 100644
--- a/labgrid/test/rule.bzl
+++ b/labgrid/test/rule.bzl
@@ -69,7 +69,18 @@ def implementation(ctx):
         is_executable = True,
     )
 
-    files = depset([executable, arguments])
+    src_runfiles = ctx.runfiles([ctx.executable.src])
+    src_runfiles.merge(ctx.attr._run.default_runfiles)
+    src_runfiles.merge(ctx.attr.src.default_runfiles)
+    target_runfiles = ctx.actions.declare_file("{}_target.runfiles".format(ctx.label.name))
+    runfiles_args = ctx.actions.args()
+    for rfile in src_runfiles.files.to_list():
+        runfiles_args.add(rfile)
+
+    # runfiles_args.add_all(src_runfiles.files.to_list())
+    ctx.actions.write(output = target_runfiles, content = runfiles_args, is_executable = False)
+
+    files = depset([executable, arguments, target_runfiles])
     root_symlinks = {"extra.args": arguments}
     runfiles = ctx.runfiles([ctx.executable.src], root_symlinks = root_symlinks)
     runfiles = runfiles.merge(ctx.attr._executor.default_runfiles)