diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 4823437574..b55fbac646 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,11 +66,15 @@ if(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT)
     set(API_TEST_DEPS ${API_TEST_DEPS} Threads::Threads)
 endif()
 
+if(OQS_USE_OPENSSL AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    set(API_TEST_DEPS ${API_TEST_DEPS} ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY})
+endif()
+
 # KEM API tests
 add_executable(example_kem example_kem.c)
 target_link_libraries(example_kem PRIVATE ${API_TEST_DEPS})
 
-add_executable(kat_kem kat_kem.c)
+add_executable(kat_kem kat_kem.c ${COMMON_OBJS}) # need to access SHA3 code for HQC
 target_link_libraries(kat_kem PRIVATE ${API_TEST_DEPS})
 
 add_executable(test_kem test_kem.c)