diff --git a/tests/vm/tmitems_vm.nim b/tests/vm/tmitems_vm.nim
index 87835d1cd1..7a74182bfb 100644
--- a/tests/vm/tmitems_vm.nim
+++ b/tests/vm/tmitems_vm.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 discard """
+  targets: "c"
   nimout: '''13'''
   output: '''3
 3