diff --git a/utils/test/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c63c2db8..42f0a9de1 100644
--- a/utils/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CREATE_SYMLINK( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${utils_
 execute_process( COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cpplint.py ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${PROJECT_NAME}_cpplint.py)
 
 # add linter for the utils
-ecbuild_add_test( TARGET gdasapp_util_coding_norms
+ecbuild_add_test( TARGET test_gdasapp_util_coding_norms
                   TYPE SCRIPT
                   COMMAND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${PROJECT_NAME}_cpplint.py
                   ARGS --quiet --recursive ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../
diff --git a/utils/test/cpplint.py b/utils/test/cpplint.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755