diff --git a/tools/libxl/Makefile b/tools/libxl/Makefile
index 4af90339eb..dab2929b62 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/libxl/Makefile
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ libxenlight.so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR): $(LIBXL_OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,$(SONAME_LDFLAG) -Wl,libxenlight.so.$(MAJOR) $(SHLIB_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBXL_LIBS) $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)
 
 libxenlight_test.so: $(LIBXL_OBJS) $(LIBXL_TEST_OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,$(SONAME_LDFLAG) -Wl,libxenlight_test.so $(SHLIB_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBXL_LIBS) $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,$(SONAME_LDFLAG) -Wl,libxenlight.so.$(MAJOR) $(SHLIB_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBXL_LIBS) $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)
 
 libxenlight.a: $(LIBXL_OBJS)
 	$(AR) rcs libxenlight.a $^
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ xl: $(XL_OBJS) libxlutil.so libxenlight.so
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(XL_OBJS) libxlutil.so $(LDLIBS_libxenlight) $(LDLIBS_libxenctrl) -lyajl $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)
 
 test_%: test_%.o test_common.o libxlutil.so libxenlight_test.so
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS_libxenlight) $(LDLIBS_libxenctrl) -lyajl $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(filter-out %libxenlight.so, $(LDLIBS_libxenlight)) $(LDLIBS_libxenctrl) -lyajl $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)
 
 libxl-save-helper: $(SAVE_HELPER_OBJS) libxenlight.so
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(SAVE_HELPER_OBJS) $(LDLIBS_libxenctrl) $(LDLIBS_libxenguest) $(APPEND_LDFLAGS)