diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake
index 7a0e8a9f38..930b0657e6 100644
--- a/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime_unittests.cmake
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ add_test(NAME onnx_test_pytorch_converted
 add_test(NAME onnx_test_pytorch_operator
   COMMAND onnx_test_runner ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/onnx/onnx/backend/test/data/pytorch-operator)
 
+#perf test runner
 set(onnxruntime_perf_test_src_dir ${TEST_SRC_DIR}/perftest)
 set(onnxruntime_perf_test_src_patterns
 "${onnxruntime_perf_test_src_dir}/*.cc"
@@ -470,17 +471,21 @@ if (WIN32)
   SET(SYS_PATH_LIB shlwapi)
 endif()
 onnxruntime_add_include_to_target(onnxruntime_perf_test gsl)
-target_link_libraries(onnxruntime_perf_test PRIVATE onnxruntime_test_utils onnx_test_runner_common onnxruntime_common
-        onnx_test_data_proto onnx_proto libprotobuf ${GETOPT_LIB_WIDE} onnxruntime
-        ${SYS_PATH_LIB} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} Threads::Threads)
-set_target_properties(onnxruntime_perf_test PROPERTIES FOLDER "ONNXRuntimeTest")
 
-if(tensorflow_C_PACKAGE_PATH)
-  target_include_directories(onnxruntime_perf_test PRIVATE ${tensorflow_C_PACKAGE_PATH}/include)
-  target_link_directories(onnxruntime_perf_test PRIVATE ${tensorflow_C_PACKAGE_PATH}/lib)
-  target_link_libraries(onnxruntime_perf_test PRIVATE tensorflow)
-  target_compile_definitions(onnxruntime_perf_test PRIVATE HAVE_TENSORFLOW)
+if (onnxruntime_BUILD_SHARED_LIB)
+  target_link_libraries(onnxruntime_perf_test PRIVATE onnxruntime_test_utils onnx_test_runner_common onnxruntime_common
+          onnx_test_data_proto onnx_proto libprotobuf ${GETOPT_LIB_WIDE} onnxruntime
+          ${SYS_PATH_LIB} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} Threads::Threads)
+  if(tensorflow_C_PACKAGE_PATH)
+    target_include_directories(onnxruntime_perf_test PRIVATE ${tensorflow_C_PACKAGE_PATH}/include)
+    target_link_directories(onnxruntime_perf_test PRIVATE ${tensorflow_C_PACKAGE_PATH}/lib)
+    target_link_libraries(onnxruntime_perf_test PRIVATE tensorflow)
+    target_compile_definitions(onnxruntime_perf_test PRIVATE HAVE_TENSORFLOW)
+  endif()
+else()
+  target_link_libraries(onnxruntime_perf_test PRIVATE onnx_test_runner_common ${GETOPT_LIB_WIDE} ${onnx_test_libs})
 endif()
+set_target_properties(onnxruntime_perf_test PROPERTIES FOLDER "ONNXRuntimeTest")
 
 # shared lib
 if (onnxruntime_BUILD_SHARED_LIB)