diff --git a/test/common/autotest_common.sh b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
index ab643e666..d14aaf9ba 100644
--- a/test/common/autotest_common.sh
+++ b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
@@ -112,6 +112,48 @@ if echo -e "#include <libunwind.h>\nint main(int argc, char *argv[]) {return 0;}
 	config_params+=' --enable-log-bt'
 fi
 
+# for options with dependencies but no test flag, set them here
+if [ -f /usr/include/infiniband/verbs.h ]; then
+	config_params+=' --with-rdma'
+fi
+
+if [ -d /usr/src/fio ]; then
+	config_params+=' --with-fio=/usr/src/fio'
+fi
+
+if [ -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/vtune_codes ]; then
+	config_params+=' --with-vtune='${DEPENDENCY_DIR}'/vtune_codes'
+fi
+
+if [ -d /usr/include/iscsi ]; then
+	libiscsi_version=`grep LIBISCSI_API_VERSION /usr/include/iscsi/iscsi.h | head -1 | awk '{print $3}' | awk -F '(' '{print $2}' | awk -F ')' '{print $1}'`
+	if [ $libiscsi_version -ge 20150621 ]; then
+		config_params+=' --with-iscsi-initiator'
+	fi
+fi
+
+# for options with both dependencies and a test flag, set them here
+if [ -f /usr/include/libpmemblk.h ] && [ $SPDK_TEST_PMDK -eq 1 ]; then
+	config_params+=' --with-pmdk'
+fi
+
+if [ -f /usr/include/libpmem.h ] && [ $SPDK_TEST_REDUCE -eq 1 ]; then
+	if [ $SPDK_TEST_ISAL -eq 1 ]; then
+		config_params+=' --with-reduce'
+	else
+		echo "reduce not enabled because isal is not enabled."
+	fi
+fi
+
+if [ -d /usr/include/rbd ] &&  [ -d /usr/include/rados ] && [ $SPDK_TEST_RBD -eq 1 ]; then
+	if [ $SPDK_TEST_ISAL -eq 0 ]; then
+		config_params+=' --with-rbd'
+	else
+		echo "rbd not enabled because isal is enabled."
+	fi
+fi
+
+# for options with no required dependencies, just test flags, set them here
 if [ $SPDK_TEST_CRYPTO -eq 1 ]; then
 	config_params+=' --with-crypto'
 fi
@@ -132,6 +174,10 @@ if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ]; then
 	config_params+=' --enable-coverage'
 fi
 
+if [ $SPDK_TEST_ISAL -eq 0 ]; then
+	config_params+=' --without-isal'
+fi
+
 # By default, --with-dpdk is not set meaning the SPDK build will use the DPDK submodule.
 # If a DPDK installation is found in a well-known location though, WITH_DPDK_DIR will be
 # set which will override the default and use that DPDK installation instead.
@@ -139,45 +185,6 @@ if [ ! -z "$WITH_DPDK_DIR" ]; then
 	config_params+=" --with-dpdk=$WITH_DPDK_DIR"
 fi
 
-if [ -f /usr/include/infiniband/verbs.h ]; then
-	config_params+=' --with-rdma'
-fi
-
-if [ -f /usr/include/libpmemblk.h ]; then
-	config_params+=' --with-pmdk'
-fi
-
-if [ -f /usr/include/libpmem.h ]; then
-	config_params+=' --with-reduce'
-fi
-
-if [ -d /usr/src/fio ]; then
-	config_params+=' --with-fio=/usr/src/fio'
-fi
-
-if [ -d ${DEPENDENCY_DIR}/vtune_codes ]; then
-	config_params+=' --with-vtune='${DEPENDENCY_DIR}'/vtune_codes'
-fi
-
-if [ -d /usr/include/rbd ] &&  [ -d /usr/include/rados ]; then
-	config_params+=' --with-rbd'
-fi
-
-if [ -d /usr/include/iscsi ]; then
-	libiscsi_version=`grep LIBISCSI_API_VERSION /usr/include/iscsi/iscsi.h | head -1 | awk '{print $3}' | awk -F '(' '{print $2}' | awk -F ')' '{print $1}'`
-	if [ $libiscsi_version -ge 20150621 ]; then
-		config_params+=' --with-iscsi-initiator'
-	fi
-fi
-
-if [ $SPDK_TEST_ISAL -eq 0 ]; then
-	config_params+=' --without-isal'
-fi
-
-if [ $SPDK_TEST_REDUCE -eq 0 ]; then
-        config_params+=' --without-reduce'
-fi
-
 export config_params
 
 if [ -z "$output_dir" ]; then