diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 251912740d..fb3d126bd6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1385,6 +1385,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES(po/Makefile.in
           src/bin/overrides/Makefile
           src/bin/test/Makefile
           src/core-utils/Makefile
+          src/core-utils/test/Makefile
           src/calculation/Makefile 
           src/calculation/test/Makefile
           src/debug/Makefile
diff --git a/src/core-utils/Makefile.am b/src/core-utils/Makefile.am
index ba60d7ad1d..bbf5cd2389 100644
--- a/src/core-utils/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/core-utils/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+SUBDIRS = . test
+
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgnc-core-utils.la
 
 libgnc_core_utils_la_SOURCES = \
diff --git a/src/core-utils/test/Makefile.am b/src/core-utils/test/Makefile.am
index b87aa7633a..eba6956c62 100644
--- a/src/core-utils/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/core-utils/test/Makefile.am
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = \
   -I${top_srcdir} \
   -I${top_srcdir}/src \
+  -I${top_srcdir}/src/test-core \
   -I${top_srcdir}/src/libqof/qof \
   -I${top_srcdir}/src/core-utils \
   ${GUILE_INCS} \
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 
 LDADD = \
   ../libgnc-core-utils.la \
+  ${top_builddir}/src/test-core/libtest-core.la \
   ${top_builddir}/src/libqof/qof/libgnc-qof.la \
   ${GLIB_LIBS}