diff --git a/c-api/Cargo.toml b/c-api/Cargo.toml
index 980e92f1..2cc53b54 100644
--- a/c-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/c-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [package]
 name = "lolhtml"
-version = "1.1.1"
+version = "1.1.2"
 authors = ["Ivan Nikulin <inikulin@cloudflare.com>", "Joshua Nelson <jnelson@cloudflare.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
-
+links = "lolhtml"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/c-api/build.rs b/c-api/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30b0c533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c-api/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Required for the links attribute
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/c-api/tests/build.rs b/c-api/tests/build.rs
index 1f6b2f74..4af2dfc1 100644
--- a/c-api/tests/build.rs
+++ b/c-api/tests/build.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ fn main() {
     }
 
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=../include/lol_html.h");
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src");
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs");
 
     // Collect all the C files from src/deps/picotest and src.
     let mut c_files = glob_c_files(PICOTEST_DIR);
@@ -62,7 +64,6 @@ fn main() {
     build
         .debug(true)
         .opt_level(0)
-        .flag_if_supported("-Wl,no-as-needed")
         .warnings(true)
         .extra_warnings(true)
         .warnings_into_errors(true)
@@ -70,7 +71,4 @@ fn main() {
         .include(PICOTEST_DIR)
         .files(c_files)
         .compile("lol_html_ctests");
-
-    // Link against the C API.
-    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=dylib=lolhtml");
 }
diff --git a/c-api/tests/src/main.rs b/c-api/tests/src/main.rs
index ff67b3b6..10907c30 100644
--- a/c-api/tests/src/main.rs
+++ b/c-api/tests/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 //! The test runner for the C API tests.
 
+// ensure it's linked
+use lolhtml as _;
+
 extern "C" {
     fn run_tests() -> i32;
 }