diff --git a/test/unit/Makefile b/test/unit/Makefile
index 0ff128da9..7bc711719 100644
--- a/test/unit/Makefile
+++ b/test/unit/Makefile
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ CLEAN_TARGETS += $(UNIT_DEPENDS) $(UNIT_OBJECTS) \
 $(UNIT_TARGET): $(UNIT_OBJECTS) $(LVMINTERNAL_LIBS)
 	@echo "    [LD] $@"
 	$(Q) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_EXEC_LDFLAGS) \
-	      -o $@ $+ $(DMEVENT_LIBS) $(LIBS) -laio
+	      -o $@ $+ $(DMEVENT_LIBS) $(SYSTEMD_LIBS) -L$(top_builddir)/libdm -ldevmapper $(LIBS) -laio
 
 .PHONEY: run-unit-test unit-test
 unit-test: $(UNIT_TARGET)