diff --git a/src/mono/mono/eventpipe/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/mono/mono/eventpipe/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a7b1f1250f7ef..5662e9ca46a3d 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/eventpipe/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/mono/mono/eventpipe/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if(ENABLE_PERFTRACING)
         set(CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH 1)
         add_executable(ep-test ${EVENTPIPE_TEST_SOURCES} ${EVENTPIPE_TEST_HEADERS})
         target_sources(ep-test PRIVATE "${mono-components-objects}")
-        target_link_libraries(ep-test PUBLIC monosgen-static ${OS_LIBS} ${LLVM_LIBS} ${ICU_LIBS} ${Z_LIBS} monoapi)
+        target_link_libraries(ep-test PRIVATE eglib_api monosgen-static ${OS_LIBS} ${LLVM_LIBS} ${ICU_LIBS} ${Z_LIBS} monoapi)
         if(ICU_LDFLAGS)
             set_target_properties(ep-test PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS ${ICU_LDFLAGS})
         endif()