diff --git a/src/sst/elements/ariel/frontend/simple/examples/stream/Makefile b/src/sst/elements/ariel/frontend/simple/examples/stream/Makefile
index a8e00896a7..2f5ce7dbea 100644
--- a/src/sst/elements/ariel/frontend/simple/examples/stream/Makefile
+++ b/src/sst/elements/ariel/frontend/simple/examples/stream/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f stream stream_mlm
 
 stream:
-	g++ stream.c -o stream $(CFLAGS_LOCAL) -I$(API_DIR) -L$(API_DIR) -larielapi
+	g++ stream.c -o stream $(CFLAGS_LOCAL)
 
 stream_mlm:
-	g++ stream_malloc.c -o stream_mlm $(CFLAGS_LOCAL) -I$(API_DIR) -L$(API_DIR) -larielapi
+	g++ stream_malloc.c -o stream_mlm $(CFLAGS_LOCAL) -I$(API_DIR) -L. -L$(API_DIR) -larielapi
diff --git a/src/sst/elements/ariel/tests/testsuite_default_Ariel.py b/src/sst/elements/ariel/tests/testsuite_default_Ariel.py
index 87f834d869..13d6e6df59 100644
--- a/src/sst/elements/ariel/tests/testsuite_default_Ariel.py
+++ b/src/sst/elements/ariel/tests/testsuite_default_Ariel.py
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ def _setup_ariel_test_files(self):
         current_ld_library_path = os.environ.get("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", "")
 
         OSCommand("make", set_cwd=ArielApiDir).run()
+        OSCommand("cp {0}/libarielapi.so {1}/libarielapi.so".format(ArielApiDir,self.ArielElementStreamDir)).run()
 
         if current_ld_library_path != "":
             new_ld_library_path = f"{current_ld_library_path}:{ArielApiDir}"