diff --git a/programming/library/abseil-cpp/actions.py b/programming/library/abseil-cpp/actions.py
index 7dd81debfa..15706aad56 100644
--- a/programming/library/abseil-cpp/actions.py
+++ b/programming/library/abseil-cpp/actions.py
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ def setup():
                           -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
                           -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD:STRING=17 \
                           -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+                          -DABSL_FIND_GOOGLETEST:BOOL=ON \
+                          -DABSL_BUILD_TEST_HELPERS:BOOL=ON \
+                          -DABSL_USE_EXTERNAL_GOOGLETEST=ON \
                           -DABSL_PROPAGATE_CXX_STD=ON")
 
 def build():
diff --git a/programming/library/abseil-cpp/pspec.xml b/programming/library/abseil-cpp/pspec.xml
index c7cf78a800..6272966257 100644
--- a/programming/library/abseil-cpp/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/library/abseil-cpp/pspec.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <Archive sha1sum="45c33cf7a07016f87fc3863880027bef383e5509" type="targz">https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/refs/tags/20230802.1.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>cmake</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>gtest-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         -->
         <!--
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
         <Name>abseil-cpp</Name>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
             <Dependency>libgcc</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>gtest</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib</Path>