diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 4d644cf..6d82b5d 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     phosphor_logging,
     phosphor_dbus_interfaces,
     sdbusplus,
+    ssl,
   ])
 
 test('all', utest)
diff --git a/test/test_utils.cpp b/test/test_utils.cpp
index 08eecf7..a623cf5 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.cpp
+++ b/test/test_utils.cpp
@@ -60,3 +60,13 @@
     EXPECT_EQ(path0, ret[0]);
     EXPECT_EQ(path1, ret[1]);
 }
+
+TEST(Utils, GetVersionID)
+{
+
+    auto ret = utils::getVersionId("");
+    EXPECT_EQ("", ret);
+
+    ret = utils::getVersionId("some version");
+    EXPECT_EQ(8u, ret.size());
+}