diff --git a/test/api/Makefile.am b/test/api/Makefile.am
index bef77164fb67ec45263f01aeba30bc5087b833e7..4ff14fa20b36cc842e5759b5a694769bf1bae794 100644
--- a/test/api/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/api/Makefile.am
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ TEST_PROGS = \
 	$(NULL)
 
 test_unicode_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
+test_unicode_LDADD = $(LDADD)
 if HAVE_GLIB
 test_unicode_CPPFLAGS += $(GLIB_CFLAGS)
 endif
 if HAVE_ICU
 test_unicode_CPPFLAGS += $(ICU_CFLAGS)
-test_unicode_LDADD = $(LDADD) $(top_builddir)/src/libharfbuzz-icu.la
+test_unicode_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/src/libharfbuzz-icu.la
 endif