diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 69beed9325..416b94e7d2 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ run_cmake_command(G_bad-arg ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G NoSuchGenerator)
 run_cmake_command(P_no-arg ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P)
 run_cmake_command(P_no-file ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P nosuchscriptfile.cmake)
 
+run_cmake_command(build-no-dir
+  ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build)
 run_cmake_command(build-no-cache
   ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build ${RunCMake_SOURCE_DIR})
 run_cmake_command(build-no-generator
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-dir-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-dir-result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d00491fd7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-dir-result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-dir-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-dir-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d518f6097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/build-no-dir-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+^Usage: cmake --build <dir> \[options\] \[-- \[native-options\]\]