diff --git a/cmake/create_test.cmake b/cmake/create_test.cmake
index 7fdbe7d4e53..31ffc7a4a2a 100644
--- a/cmake/create_test.cmake
+++ b/cmake/create_test.cmake
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ function(ginkgo_set_test_target_properties test_target_name test_library_suffix)
     set_target_properties(${test_target_name} PROPERTIES CUDA_STANDARD 14)
     target_include_directories(${test_target_name} PRIVATE ${Ginkgo_BINARY_DIR} ${set_properties_ADDITIONAL_INCLUDES})
     target_link_libraries(${test_target_name} PRIVATE ginkgo GTest::GTest ${set_properties_ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES})
+    if(MSVC AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+        target_link_libraries(${test_target_name} PRIVATE ginkgo_config)
+    endif()
 endfunction()
 
 function(ginkgo_add_resource_requirement test_name)