diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 6e2cc56..23c9a0f 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
 
 obj-y += bcd.o div64.o sort.o parser.o halfmd4.o debug_locks.o random32.o \
 	 bust_spinlocks.o hexdump.o kasprintf.o bitmap.o scatterlist.o \
-	 string_helpers.o gcd.o lcm.o list_sort.o uuid.o flex_array.o \
+	 gcd.o lcm.o list_sort.o uuid.o flex_array.o \
 	 bsearch.o find_last_bit.o find_next_bit.o llist.o memweight.o kfifo.o
+obj-y += string_helpers.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_STRING_HELPERS) += test-string_helpers.o
 obj-y += kstrtox.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_KSTRTOX) += test-kstrtox.o