diff --git a/test/eoftest/CMakeLists.txt b/test/eoftest/CMakeLists.txt
index f4147742b5..23bf4593c4 100644
--- a/test/eoftest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/eoftest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ hunter_add_package(nlohmann_json)
 find_package(nlohmann_json CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 add_executable(evmone-eoftest)
-target_link_libraries(evmone-eoftest PRIVATE evmone nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json GTest::gtest)
+target_link_libraries(evmone-eoftest PRIVATE evmone evmone::testutils nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json GTest::gtest)
 target_include_directories(evmone-eoftest PRIVATE ${evmone_private_include_dir})
 target_sources(
     evmone-eoftest PRIVATE
diff --git a/test/eoftest/eoftest_runner.cpp b/test/eoftest/eoftest_runner.cpp
index 64226677a0..cafc2d2d15 100644
--- a/test/eoftest/eoftest_runner.cpp
+++ b/test/eoftest/eoftest_runner.cpp
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ void run_eof_test(std::istream& input)
     }
 }
 
-}  // namespace evmone::test
\ No newline at end of file
+}  // namespace evmone::test
diff --git a/test/statetest/CMakeLists.txt b/test/statetest/CMakeLists.txt
index 7b2ea11f95..8c29160551 100644
--- a/test/statetest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/statetest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ find_package(nlohmann_json CONFIG REQUIRED)
 add_library(evmone-statetestutils STATIC)
 add_library(evmone::statetestutils ALIAS evmone-statetestutils)
 target_compile_features(evmone-statetestutils PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
-target_link_libraries(evmone-statetestutils PRIVATE evmone::state nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
+target_link_libraries(evmone-statetestutils PRIVATE evmone::state evmone::testutils nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
 target_include_directories(evmone-statetestutils PRIVATE ${evmone_private_include_dir})
 target_sources(
     evmone-statetestutils PRIVATE
diff --git a/test/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/test/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 12a1122895..cd27d4c44f 100644
--- a/test/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 find_package(intx CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
-add_library(testutils INTERFACE)
+add_library(testutils STATIC)
 add_library(evmone::testutils ALIAS testutils)
-target_link_libraries(testutils INTERFACE evmc::evmc_cpp)
+target_link_libraries(testutils PUBLIC evmc::evmc_cpp)
 target_include_directories(testutils INTERFACE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} ${evmone_private_include_dir})
 
 if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.19)
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.19)
         utils.hpp
     )
 endif()
+target_sources(testutils PRIVATE utils.cpp)
diff --git a/test/utils/utils.cpp b/test/utils/utils.cpp
index 846ac66455..f7524b08c1 100644
--- a/test/utils/utils.cpp
+++ b/test/utils/utils.cpp
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ evmc_revision to_rev(std::string_view s)
     throw std::invalid_argument{"unknown revision: " + std::string{s}};
 }
 
-}  // namespace evmone::test
\ No newline at end of file
+}  // namespace evmone::test