diff --git a/tests/runtest b/tests/runtest
index 49ca5174..691cfa6b 100755
--- a/tests/runtest
+++ b/tests/runtest
@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@ if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
 fi
 TARGETFILE=$1
 
-# check for libtangobos-partial
-if ! [ -f testincludes/libtangobos-partial.a ] ; then
-    echo "Could not find libtangobos-partial.a, attempting to build."
-    cd testincludes
-    make
-    cd ..
-fi
+# build libtangobos-partial
+echo "Building libtangobos-partial.a"
+cd testincludes
+make
+cd ..
 
 # check for dstress
 if ! [ -d dstress ] ; then
diff --git a/tests/testincludes/std/stdarg.d b/tests/testincludes/std/stdarg.d
index 9e69f6f4..2d2274dc 100644
--- a/tests/testincludes/std/stdarg.d
+++ b/tests/testincludes/std/stdarg.d
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 
 module std.stdarg;
 
+version(LDC)
+{
+    public import ldc.vararg;
+}
+else
+{
+
 alias void* va_list;
 
 template va_arg(T)
@@ -20,3 +27,4 @@ template va_arg(T)
     }
 }
 
+}