diff --git a/test-suite/standalone/Makefile.am b/test-suite/standalone/Makefile.am
index 2aba708da..abb98d907 100644
--- a/test-suite/standalone/Makefile.am
+++ b/test-suite/standalone/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in.
 ##
 ## Copyright 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
-##   2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+##   2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ##
 ## This file is part of GUILE.
 ##
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ TESTS += test-foreign-object-scm
 # test-foreign-object-c
 test_foreign_object_c_SOURCES = test-foreign-object-c.c
 test_foreign_object_c_CFLAGS = ${test_cflags}
-test_foreign_object_c_LDADD = $(LIBGUILE_LDADD)
+test_foreign_object_c_LDADD = $(LIBGUILE_LDADD) $(top_builddir)/lib/libgnu.la
 check_PROGRAMS += test-foreign-object-c
 TESTS += test-foreign-object-c