diff --git a/test/SConscript b/test/SConscript
index fd2dac8e6..44998c2bf 100644
--- a/test/SConscript
+++ b/test/SConscript
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def addTestProgram(subdir, progName, env_vars={}):
     PASSED_FILES[progName] = str(passedFile)
     testResults.tests[passedFile.name] = program
     run_program = testenv.Command(passedFile, program, gtestRunner)
+    env.Depends(run_program, testenv.get('cantera_shlib', ()))
     Alias('test', run_program)
     Alias('test-%s' % progName, run_program)
     env['testNames'].append(progName)
diff --git a/test_problems/SConscript b/test_problems/SConscript
index e0660a6e2..99aaeb29c 100644
--- a/test_problems/SConscript
+++ b/test_problems/SConscript
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class Test(object):
 
         for dep in kwargs.get('dependencies', []):
             localenv.Depends(run, dep)
+        env.Depends(run, localenv.get('cantera_shlib', ()))
 
     def run(self, env, *args):
         source = list(args)