diff --git a/libweston/vertex-clipping.c b/libweston/vertex-clipping.c
index a71e7336..3a05c7bd 100644
--- a/libweston/vertex-clipping.c
+++ b/libweston/vertex-clipping.c
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
 #include <float.h>
 #include <math.h>
 
+#include "shared/helpers.h"
 #include "vertex-clipping.h"
 
-float
+WESTON_EXPORT_FOR_TESTS float
 float_difference(float a, float b)
 {
 	/* http://www.altdevblogaday.com/2012/02/22/comparing-floating-point-numbers-2012-edition/ */
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ clip_polygon_bottom(struct clip_context *ctx, const struct polygon8 *src,
 #define min(a, b) (((a) > (b)) ? (b) : (a))
 #define clip(x, a, b)  min(max(x, a), b)
 
-int
+WESTON_EXPORT_FOR_TESTS int
 clip_simple(struct clip_context *ctx,
 	    struct polygon8 *surf,
 	    float *ex,
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ clip_simple(struct clip_context *ctx,
 	return surf->n;
 }
 
-int
+WESTON_EXPORT_FOR_TESTS int
 clip_transformed(struct clip_context *ctx,
 		 struct polygon8 *surf,
 		 float *ex,
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 222091cd..5b1f0418 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -204,10 +204,6 @@ tests = [
 			input_timestamps_unstable_v1_protocol_c,
 		],
 	},
-	{
-		'name': 'vertex-clip',
-		'dep_objs': dep_vertex_clipping,
-	},
 	{	'name': 'viewporter', },
 	{	'name': 'viewporter-shot', },
 	{
@@ -227,6 +223,14 @@ tests = [
 	},
 ]
 
+if get_option('renderer-gl')
+	tests += {
+		'name': 'vertex-clip',
+		'link_with': plugin_gl,
+	}
+
+endif
+
 if get_option('color-management-lcms')
 	dep_lcms2 = dependency('lcms2', version: '>= 2.9', required: false)
 	if not dep_lcms2.found()
@@ -338,6 +342,7 @@ foreach t : tests
 		build_by_default: true,
 		include_directories: common_inc,
 		dependencies: t_deps,
+		link_with: t.get('link_with', []),
 		install: false,
 	)