diff --git a/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index 10e626f3f..25b8152f7 100644
--- a/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ target_link_libraries(cuspatial_benchmark_common
     PUBLIC benchmark::benchmark
            cudf::cudftestutil
            ranger::ranger
-           cuspatial)
+           cuspatial GTest::gtest GTest::gmock 
+           PRIVATE cudf::cudftestutil_impl)
 
 target_compile_options(cuspatial_benchmark_common
              PUBLIC "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${CUSPATIAL_CXX_FLAGS}>"
diff --git a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_cudf.cmake b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_cudf.cmake
index 3d7232fba..c5d2712c9 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_cudf.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_cudf.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #=============================================================================
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function(find_and_configure_cudf)
     set(cudf_components "")
 
     if(BUILD_TESTS OR BUILD_BENCHMARKS)
-      list(APPEND global_targets cudf::cudftestutil)
+      list(APPEND global_targets cudf::cudftestutil cudf::cudftestutil_impl)
       set(cudf_components COMPONENTS testing)
     endif()
 
diff --git a/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index f6752c860..bc49ffdcf 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,25 @@
 ###################################################################################################
 # - compiler function -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+add_library(cuspatial_test_common OBJECT)
+
+target_compile_features(cuspatial_test_common PUBLIC cxx_std_17 cuda_std_17)
+
+set_target_properties(cuspatial_test_common
+    PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CUSPATIAL_BINARY_DIR}/tests>"
+               INSTALL_RPATH "\$ORIGIN/../../../lib"
+               CXX_STANDARD                        17
+               CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED               ON
+               CUDA_STANDARD                       17
+               CUDA_STANDARD_REQUIRED              ON
+               POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE           ON
+               INTERFACE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(cuspatial_test_common
+    PUBLIC cudf::cudftestutil GTest::gtest GTest::gmock 
+    PRIVATE cudf::cudftestutil_impl)
+
 function(ConfigureTest CMAKE_TEST_NAME)
     add_executable(${CMAKE_TEST_NAME} ${ARGN})
     target_compile_options(${CMAKE_TEST_NAME}
@@ -34,7 +53,7 @@ function(ConfigureTest CMAKE_TEST_NAME)
                    CUDA_STANDARD 17
                    CUDA_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
     )
-    target_link_libraries(${CMAKE_TEST_NAME} GTest::gtest_main GTest::gmock_main ranger::ranger cudf::cudftestutil cuspatial)
+    target_link_libraries(${CMAKE_TEST_NAME} GTest::gtest_main GTest::gmock_main ranger::ranger cudf::cudftestutil cuspatial cuspatial_test_common)
     add_test(NAME ${CMAKE_TEST_NAME} COMMAND ${CMAKE_TEST_NAME})
     install(
         TARGETS ${CMAKE_TEST_NAME}