diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 79f460b1..5543d93c 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ gdrcopy_apiperf: apiperf.o common.o
 	$(LINK.cc)  -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) -lrt
 
 gdrcopy_pplat: pplat.o common.o
-	$(NVCC)  -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS) -lgdrapi -lcuda
+	$(LINK.cc)  -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS) -lgdrapi -lcuda -lcudart_static
 
 %.o: %.cu
 	$(NVCC) -o $@ -c $^ $(LIBS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(NVCCFLAGS)
diff --git a/tests/testsuites/testsuite.cpp b/tests/testsuites/testsuite.cpp
index b3304089..6637e082 100644
--- a/tests/testsuites/testsuite.cpp
+++ b/tests/testsuites/testsuite.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace gdrcopy {
 
             for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator it = tests.begin(); it != tests.end(); ++it) {
                 if ((test_map->find(*it) == test_map->end()) && (extended_test_map->find(*it) == extended_test_map->end())) {
-                    gdrcopy::test::print_dbg("Error: Encountered unknown test %s\n", *it);
+                    gdrcopy::test::print_dbg("Error: Encountered unknown test %s\n", it->c_str());
                     return EINVAL;
                 }
             }