diff --git a/tests/unittests/torture_threads_buffer.c b/tests/unittests/torture_threads_buffer.c
index 11252eac..e3cebdc9 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/torture_threads_buffer.c
+++ b/tests/unittests/torture_threads_buffer.c
@@ -589,8 +589,14 @@ int torture_run_tests(void)
         cmocka_unit_test(torture_mixed),
     };
 
+    /*
+     * If the library is statically linked, ssh_init() is not called
+     * automatically
+     */
+    ssh_init();
     torture_filter_tests(tests);
     rc = cmocka_run_group_tests(tests, NULL, NULL);
+    ssh_finalize();
 
     return rc;
 }
diff --git a/tests/unittests/torture_threads_crypto.c b/tests/unittests/torture_threads_crypto.c
index 298a4539..12105ae3 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/torture_threads_crypto.c
+++ b/tests/unittests/torture_threads_crypto.c
@@ -175,7 +175,13 @@ int torture_run_tests(void)
         cmocka_unit_test(torture_crypto_aes256_cbc),
     };
 
+    /*
+     * If the library is statically linked, ssh_init() is not called
+     * automatically
+     */
+    ssh_init();
     rc = cmocka_run_group_tests(tests, NULL, NULL);
+    ssh_finalize();
 
     return rc;
 }
diff --git a/tests/unittests/torture_threads_init.c b/tests/unittests/torture_threads_init.c
index 1b0781e5..8eada0d3 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/torture_threads_init.c
+++ b/tests/unittests/torture_threads_init.c
@@ -88,8 +88,14 @@ int torture_run_tests(void)
         cmocka_unit_test(torture_ssh_init),
     };
 
+    /*
+     * If the library is statically linked, ssh_init() is not called
+     * automatically
+     */
+    ssh_init();
     torture_filter_tests(tests);
     rc = cmocka_run_group_tests(tests, NULL, NULL);
+    ssh_finalize();
 
     return rc;
 }