diff --git a/tools/cooja/build.xml b/tools/cooja/build.xml
index cc4196dcb..772e89839 100644
--- a/tools/cooja/build.xml
+++ b/tools/cooja/build.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The COOJA Simulator
     </java>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="run_bigmem" depends="init, compile, copy configs">
+  <target name="run_bigmem" depends="init, compile, jar, copy configs">
     <java fork="yes" dir="${build}" classname="se.sics.cooja.GUI" maxmemory="512m">
       <arg line="${args}"/>
     	<env key="LD_LIBRARY_PATH" value="."/>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ The COOJA Simulator
   	<ant antfile="build.xml" dir="apps/mspsim" target="jar" inheritAll="false"/>
   </target>
 	
-  <target name="run_nogui" depends="init, compile, copy configs">
+  <target name="run_nogui" depends="init, compile, jar, copy configs">
     <java fork="yes" dir="${build}" classname="se.sics.cooja.GUI" maxmemory="512m">
       <arg line="-nogui ${args}"/>
     	<env key="LD_LIBRARY_PATH" value="."/>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ The COOJA Simulator
     </java>
   </target>
 	
-  <target name="run_applet" depends="init, compile, copy configs">
+  <target name="run_applet" depends="init, compile, jar, copy configs">
     <exec executable="appletviewer" dir="${build}">
       <arg value="-J-Djava.security.policy=cooja.policy"/>
       <arg value="cooja.html"/>