diff --git a/test/tap/tests/Makefile b/test/tap/tests/Makefile
index 496c763a5..24558a3b9 100644
--- a/test/tap/tests/Makefile
+++ b/test/tap/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
+DEPS_PATH=../../../deps
+
+MARIADB_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client
+MARIADB_IDIR=$(MARIADB_PATH)/include
+MARIADB_LDIR=$(MARIADB_PATH)/libmariadb
+
 INCLUDEDIR=../tap
 LIBDIR=../tap
 
+STATIC_LIBS=$(MARIADB_LDIR)/libmariadbclient.a
+
 .PHONY: all
 all: tests
 
@@ -18,8 +26,8 @@ basic-t: $(LIBDIR)/libtap.a
 	g++ basic-t.cpp -I$(INCLUDEDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -std=c++11 -ltap -o basic-t
 
 set_character_set-t: set_character_set-t.cpp $(LIBDIR)/libtap.a
-	g++ set_character_set-t.cpp -I$(INCLUDEDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -std=c++11 `mysql_config --include --libs` -lmysqlclient -ltap -o set_character_set-t
+	g++ set_character_set-t.cpp -I$(INCLUDEDIR) -I$(MARIADB_IDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -std=c++11 $(STATIC_LIBS) -ltap -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lpthread -o set_character_set-t
 
 charset_unsigned_int-t: charset_unsigned_int-t.cpp $(LIBDIR)/libtap.a
-	g++ charset_unsigned_int-t.cpp -I$(INCLUDEDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -std=c++11 `mysql_config --include --libs` -lmysqlclient -ltap -o charset_unsigned_int-t
+	g++ charset_unsigned_int-t.cpp -I$(INCLUDEDIR) -I$(MARIADB_IDIR) -L$(LIBDIR) -std=c++11 $(STATIC_LIBS) -ltap -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lpthread -o charset_unsigned_int-t