diff --git a/specification/eventgrid/Azure.Messaging.EventGrid.SystemEvents/tspconfig.yaml b/specification/eventgrid/Azure.Messaging.EventGrid.SystemEvents/tspconfig.yaml
index 628890c15da0..f7f68f9a4b59 100644
--- a/specification/eventgrid/Azure.Messaging.EventGrid.SystemEvents/tspconfig.yaml
+++ b/specification/eventgrid/Azure.Messaging.EventGrid.SystemEvents/tspconfig.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ options:
     emitter-output-dir: "{output-dir}/{service-dir}/azsystemevents"
     slice-elements-byval: true
     flavor: "azure"
+    # executes any go:generate commands in build.go, which generates the system events enumeration.
+    go-generate: build.go
   "@azure-tools/typespec-java":
     emitter-output-dir: "{output-dir}/{service-dir}/azure-messaging-eventgrid-systemevents"
     namespace: com.azure.messaging.eventgrid.systemevents