diff --git a/unittests/ExecutionEngine/MCJIT/MCJITCAPITest.cpp b/unittests/ExecutionEngine/MCJIT/MCJITCAPITest.cpp
index d8cf6c592d3..07ea1afe1a8 100644
--- a/unittests/ExecutionEngine/MCJIT/MCJITCAPITest.cpp
+++ b/unittests/ExecutionEngine/MCJIT/MCJITCAPITest.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ TEST_F(MCJITCAPITest, simple_function) {
   // Creates a function that returns 42, compiles it, and runs it.
   
   LLVMModuleRef module = LLVMModuleCreateWithName("simple_module");
+
+  LLVMSetTarget(module, HostTriple.c_str());
   
   LLVMValueRef function = LLVMAddFunction(
     module, "simple_function", LLVMFunctionType(LLVMInt32Type(), 0, 0, 0));