diff --git a/libcutils/Android.bp b/libcutils/Android.bp
index 68b21c6a0..b9e0bb7ee 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.bp
+++ b/libcutils/Android.bp
@@ -302,11 +302,14 @@ cc_defaults {
     ],
 }
 
+always_static_test_libraries = [
+    "libjsoncpp",
+]
+
 test_libraries = [
     "libcutils",
     "liblog",
     "libbase",
-    "libjsoncpp",
     "libprocessgroup",
     "libcgrouprc",
 ]
@@ -317,6 +320,7 @@ cc_test {
     defaults: ["libcutils_test_default"],
     host_supported: true,
     shared_libs: test_libraries,
+    static_libs: always_static_test_libraries,
     require_root: true,
 }
 
@@ -326,7 +330,7 @@ cc_defaults {
     static_libs: [
         "libc",
         "libcgrouprc_format",
-    ] + test_libraries,
+    ] + test_libraries + always_static_test_libraries,
     stl: "libc++_static",
     require_root: true,