diff --git a/src/c/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/c/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 21e5ae8c..c324212e 100644
--- a/src/c/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/c/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ if(PERFFLOWASPECT_WITH_MULTITHREADS)
     add_executable(smoketest_MT smoketest_MT.cpp)
     set_source_files_properties(smoketest_MT.cpp COMPILE_FLAGS "-Xclang -load -Xclang ../weaver/weave/libWeavePass.so -fPIC")
     set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
-    target_link_libraries(smoketest_MT ${perfflow_deps} pthread)
+    if(PERFFLOWASPECT_WITH_CALIPER)
+        target_link_libraries(smoketest_MT ${perfflow_deps} pthread caliper)
+    else()
+        target_link_libraries(smoketest_MT ${perfflow_deps} pthread)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(PERFFLOWASPECT_WITH_MPI)
@@ -32,7 +36,11 @@ if(PERFFLOWASPECT_WITH_MPI)
     add_executable(smoketest_MPI smoketest_MPI.cpp)
     set_source_files_properties(smoketest_MPI.cpp COMPILE_FLAGS "-Xclang -load -Xclang ../weaver/weave/libWeavePass.so -fPIC")
     include_directories(${MPI_INCLUDE_PATH})
-    target_link_libraries(smoketest_MPI ${perfflow_deps} ${MPI_LIBRARIES})
+    if(PERFFLOWASPECT_WITH_CALIPER)
+        target_link_libraries(smoketest_MPI ${perfflow_deps} ${MPI_LIBRARIES} caliper)
+    else()
+        target_link_libraries(smoketest_MPI ${perfflow_deps} ${MPI_LIBRARIES})
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(PERFFLOWASPECT_WITH_CUDA)