diff --git a/test/unit/lib/Makefile b/test/unit/lib/Makefile
index 4a13a55bc..1d748977b 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/Makefile
+++ b/test/unit/lib/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ DIRS-y = bdev blob blobfs event ioat iscsi json jsonrpc log lvol
 DIRS-y += notify nvme nvmf scsi sock thread util
 DIRS-$(CONFIG_REDUCE) += reduce
 ifeq ($(OS),Linux)
-DIRS-$(CONFIG_VHOST) += vhost ftl
+DIRS-$(CONFIG_VHOST) += vhost
+DIRS-y += ftl
 endif
 
 .PHONY: all clean $(DIRS-y)