diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 478604e0c..ab8148920 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ MACRO(build_bin_test F)
 			PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_DEBUG " /NODEFAULTLIB:MSVCRT"
 		)
 	ENDIF()
+	SET_PROPERTY(TARGET ${F} PROPERTY LABELS invoked_by_scripts)
 ENDMACRO()
 
 # Binary tests which are used by a script looking for a specific name.
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ MACRO(add_bin_test_no_prefix F)
 	IF(MSVC)
 		SET_PROPERTY(TEST ${F} PROPERTY FOLDER "tests/")
 	ENDIF()	
+
 ENDMACRO()
 
 # Binary tests which are used by a script looking for a specific name.
diff --git a/CTestConfig.cmake b/CTestConfig.cmake
index 7ea579b90..ff1d45f3a 100644
--- a/CTestConfig.cmake
+++ b/CTestConfig.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CTest/CDash configuration
 
-SET(CTEST_PROJECT_SUBPROJECTS netcdf ncgen ncdump nccopy nc_test)
+SET(CTEST_PROJECT_SUBPROJECTS netcdf ncgen ncdump nccopy nc_test invoked_by_scripts)
 
 IF(USE_REMOTE_CDASH)
 	set(CTEST_PROJECT_NAME "NetCDF-C")
diff --git a/Project.xml b/Project.xml
index f22e67198..9078889c3 100644
--- a/Project.xml
+++ b/Project.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 <Project name="WinNETCDF">
   <SubProject name="netcdf">
   </SubProject>
+  <SubProject name="invoked_by_scripts">
+    <Dependency name="netcdf" />
+  </SubProject>
   <SubProject name="ncgen">
     <Dependency name="netcdf"/>
+    <Dependency name="invoked_by_scripts">
   </SubProject>
   <SubProject name="ncdump">
     <Dependency name="netcdf"/>
+    <Dependency name="invoked_by_scripts">
   </SubProject>
   <SubProject name="nccopy">
     <Dependency name="netcdf" />
+    <Dependency name="invoked_by_scripts">
   </SubProject>
   <SubProject name="nc_test">
     <Dependency name="netcdf" />
+    <Dependency name="invoked_by_scripts">
   </SubProject>
 </Project>
diff --git a/nc_test/CMakeLists.txt b/nc_test/CMakeLists.txt
index f31da7c3b..f04d5c4d8 100644
--- a/nc_test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nc_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ ENDIF()
 # Build executables required for the shell scripts.
 FOREACH(BINFILE ${TESTFILES})
   build_bin_test(${BINFILE})
-  SET_PROPERTY(TARGET ${BINFILE} PROPERTY LABELS nc_test)
 ENDFOREACH()
 
 # Process single-file test files.