diff --git a/unittests/ExecutionEngine/MCJIT/MCJITCAPITest.cpp b/unittests/ExecutionEngine/MCJIT/MCJITCAPITest.cpp
index 30561b7d49c..9d768d97f38 100644
--- a/unittests/ExecutionEngine/MCJIT/MCJITCAPITest.cpp
+++ b/unittests/ExecutionEngine/MCJIT/MCJITCAPITest.cpp
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ TEST_F(MCJITCAPITest, addGlobalMapping) {
   SKIP_UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORM;
 
   Module = LLVMModuleCreateWithName("testModule");
+  LLVMSetTarget(Module, HostTriple.c_str());
   LLVMTypeRef FunctionType = LLVMFunctionType(LLVMInt32Type(), NULL, 0, 0);
   LLVMValueRef MappedFn = LLVMAddFunction(Module, "mapped_fn", FunctionType);