diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
index 211bdb566..fc1db8bd7 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ known_build_target_kwargs = (
 )
 
 TEST_KWARGS: T.List[KwargInfo] = [
-    KwargInfo('args', ContainerTypeInfo(list, (str, mesonlib.File, build.Target)),
+    KwargInfo('args', ContainerTypeInfo(list, (str, mesonlib.File, build.BuildTarget, build.CustomTarget)),
               listify=True, default=[]),
     KwargInfo('should_fail', bool, default=False),
     KwargInfo('timeout', int, default=30),
diff --git a/test cases/failing/116 run_target in test/meson.build b/test cases/failing/116 run_target in test/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db7cb30e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/failing/116 run_target in test/meson.build	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+project('trivial test', 'c')
+exe = executable('trivialprog', 'trivial.c')
+runt = run_target('invalid', command: ['echo', 'run_target'])
+test('runtest', exe, args: runt)
diff --git a/test cases/failing/116 run_target in test/test.json b/test cases/failing/116 run_target in test/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c273a3ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/failing/116 run_target in test/test.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "stdout": [
+        {
+            "line": "test cases/failing/116 run_target in test/meson.build:4:0: ERROR: test keyword argument 'args' was of type 'list' but should have been list[str,File,BuildTarget,CustomTarget]"
+        }
+    ]
+}
+
diff --git a/test cases/failing/116 run_target in test/trivial.c b/test cases/failing/116 run_target in test/trivial.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96612d48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/failing/116 run_target in test/trivial.c	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include<stdio.h>
+
+int main(void) {
+    printf("Trivial test is working.\n");
+    return 0;
+}