diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/CMakeLists.txt b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/CMakeLists.txt
index d23cb76a4d..1ac17ee112 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ if(PAL_TRAIT_BUILD_TESTS_SUPPORTED)
                 Gem::LmbrCentral
                 Gem::LmbrCentral.Mocks
                 Gem::GradientSignal.Mocks
+        RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES
+            Gem::SurfaceData
     )
     
     ly_add_target(
@@ -162,6 +164,8 @@ if(PAL_TRAIT_BUILD_TESTS_SUPPORTED)
                 Gem::LmbrCentral
                 Gem::LmbrCentral.Mocks
                 Gem::GradientSignal.Mocks
+        RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES
+            Gem::SurfaceData
     )
     ly_add_googletest(
         NAME Gem::GradientSignal.Tests
diff --git a/Gems/SurfaceData/Code/CMakeLists.txt b/Gems/SurfaceData/Code/CMakeLists.txt
index cb75be2de4..8bd75fd8c4 100644
--- a/Gems/SurfaceData/Code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Gems/SurfaceData/Code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ if(PAL_TRAIT_BUILD_TESTS_SUPPORTED)
                 AZ::AzTest
                 Gem::SurfaceData.Static
                 Gem::LmbrCentral
+        RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES
+            Gem::LmbrCentral
     )
     ly_add_googletest(
         NAME Gem::SurfaceData.Tests