diff --git a/tests/fncint/Makefile.am b/tests/fncint/Makefile.am
index 2493c4b7007..3cc3d3df955 100644
--- a/tests/fncint/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/fncint/Makefile.am
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
 # Link to the PIO Fortran and C libraries.
 LDADD = ${top_builddir}/src/flib/libpiof.la ${top_builddir}/src/clib/libpioc.la
 
+# Link to the netCDF fortran library.
+LDADD += -lnetcdff
+
 # Find the pio.mod file.
-AM_FCFLAGS = -I${top_builddir}/src/flib
+AM_FCFLAGS = -I${top_builddir}/src/flib ${CPPFLAGS}
 
 # Build the test for make check.
 check_PROGRAMS = ftst_pio
diff --git a/tests/fncint/ftst_pio.f90 b/tests/fncint/ftst_pio.f90
index fce640a994a..0283ed1673b 100644
--- a/tests/fncint/ftst_pio.f90
+++ b/tests/fncint/ftst_pio.f90
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ program ftst_pio
   use pio
   implicit none
   include 'mpif.h'
+  include 'netcdf.inc'
 
   integer :: myRank, ntasks
   type(iosystem_desc_t) :: ioSystem
   integer :: niotasks = 1, numAggregator = 0, stride = 1, base = 0
+  integer :: ncid
   integer :: ierr
 
   call MPI_Init(ierr)
@@ -19,6 +21,9 @@ program ftst_pio
   call PIO_init(myRank, MPI_COMM_WORLD, niotasks, numAggregator, &
        stride, PIO_rearr_subset, ioSystem, base)
 
+  ierr = nf_create('ftst_pio.nc', nf_clobber, ncid)
+  ierr = nf_close(ncid)
+
   call PIO_finalize(ioSystem, ierr)
   call MPI_Finalize(ierr)
   if (myRank .eq. 0) then
diff --git a/tests/ncint/Makefile.am b/tests/ncint/Makefile.am
index e5d41d2f2b1..03ebdc02ef6 100644
--- a/tests/ncint/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/ncint/Makefile.am
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ endif # RUN_TESTS
 EXTRA_DIST = run_tests.sh
 
 # Clean up files produced during testing.
-#CLEANFILES = *.nc *.log
+CLEANFILES = *.nc *.log