diff --git a/src/cmd/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
index 91aabdab5..7f5935985 100644
--- a/src/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ gz_build_tests(TYPE UNIT SOURCES ${gtest_sources}
   LIB_DEPS ${EXTRA_TEST_LIB_DEPS})
 
 foreach(test ${test_list})
-  target_link_libraries(${test} gz)
+  target_link_libraries(${test} gz gz-utils${GZ_UTILS_VER}::gz-utils${GZ_UTILS_VER})
 
   # Inform each test of its output directory so it knows where to call the
   # auxiliary files from. Using a generator expression here is useful for