diff --git a/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 8a0629f31f8..4cc9f2d94bf 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ function(ConfigureTest CMAKE_TEST_NAME)
             cugraphtestutil
             GTest::gtest
             GTest::gtest_main
+            test_logger_impls
     )
     set_target_properties(
         ${CMAKE_TEST_NAME}
@@ -188,9 +189,6 @@ function(ConfigureTest CMAKE_TEST_NAME)
     set_tests_properties(${CMAKE_TEST_NAME} PROPERTIES LABELS "CUGRAPH")
 endfunction()
 
-add_library(test_logger_impls OBJECT)
-target_link_libraries(test_logger_impls PRIVATE raft::raft_logger_impl)
-
 function(ConfigureTestMG CMAKE_TEST_NAME)
     add_executable(${CMAKE_TEST_NAME} ${ARGN})
     target_include_directories(${CMAKE_TEST_NAME} PRIVATE "${CUGRAPH_SOURCE_DIR}/src")
@@ -254,6 +252,7 @@ function(ConfigureCTest CMAKE_TEST_NAME)
             cugraph_c_testutil
             GTest::gtest
             GTest::gtest_main
+            test_logger_impls
     )
     set_target_properties(
         ${CMAKE_TEST_NAME}
@@ -286,6 +285,7 @@ function(ConfigureCTestMG CMAKE_TEST_NAME)
             GTest::gtest_main
             NCCL::NCCL
             MPI::MPI_CXX
+            test_logger_impls
     )
     set_target_properties(
         ${CMAKE_TEST_NAME}
@@ -314,6 +314,10 @@ function(ConfigureCTestMG CMAKE_TEST_NAME)
 
 endfunction()
 
+add_library(test_logger_impls OBJECT)
+target_link_libraries(test_logger_impls PRIVATE raft::raft_logger_impl)
+
+
 ###################################################################################################
 ### test sources ##################################################################################
 ###################################################################################################