diff --git a/clutter/tests/interactive/Makefile.am b/clutter/tests/interactive/Makefile.am
index ebea6d210..24a7f48c2 100644
--- a/clutter/tests/interactive/Makefile.am
+++ b/clutter/tests/interactive/Makefile.am
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ clean-wrappers:
 
 .PHONY: wrappers clean-wrappers
 
-common_ldadd = $(top_builddir)/clutter/libmutter-clutter-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@.la
+common_ldadd = \
+  $(top_builddir)/clutter/libmutter-clutter-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@.la \
+  $(top_builddir)/../cogl/cogl/libmutter-cogl.la
 
 check_PROGRAMS = test-interactive
 check_SCRIPTS = wrappers
diff --git a/clutter/tests/micro-bench/Makefile.am b/clutter/tests/micro-bench/Makefile.am
index 9060c383d..2731b9e8f 100644
--- a/clutter/tests/micro-bench/Makefile.am
+++ b/clutter/tests/micro-bench/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-common_ldadd = $(top_builddir)/clutter/libmutter-clutter-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@.la
+common_ldadd = \
+  $(top_builddir)/clutter/libmutter-clutter-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@.la \
+  $(top_builddir)/../cogl/cogl/libmutter-cogl.la
+
 
 check_PROGRAMS = \
 	test-text \