diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index 968e090..1728f35 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Here are all the tests that are run unconditionally
 TESTS = 			\
 a8-mask				\
+cairo-fixed			\
 caps-joins			\
 caps-joins-alpha		\
 caps-sub-paths			\
@@ -409,6 +410,10 @@ if HAVE_PTHREAD
 LDADD += -lpthread
 endif
 
+# The functions tested by cairo-fixed are private to libcairo, so we must
+# explicitly add the src/cairo-fixed object to the link.
+cairo_fixed_LDADD = libcairotest.la $(top_builddir)/src/cairo-fixed.lo $(top_builddir)/src/libcairo.la
+
 SUPPORT_PROGS += imagediff png-flatten
 
 if CAIRO_CAN_TEST_PDF_SURFACE