diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index e52adaf..0d5b6bd 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@
 	HeaderLibs                                  []string
 	RuntimeLibs                                 []string
 
+	// Used for data dependencies adjacent to tests
+	DataLibs []string
+
 	StaticUnwinderIfLegacy bool
 
 	ReexportSharedLibHeaders, ReexportStaticLibHeaders, ReexportHeaderLibHeaders []string
@@ -423,6 +426,7 @@
 }
 
 var (
+	dataLibDepTag         = DependencyTag{Name: "data_lib", Library: true, Shared: true}
 	sharedExportDepTag    = DependencyTag{Name: "shared", Library: true, Shared: true, ReexportFlags: true}
 	earlySharedDepTag     = DependencyTag{Name: "early_shared", Library: true, Shared: true}
 	lateSharedDepTag      = DependencyTag{Name: "late shared", Library: true, Shared: true}
@@ -1982,6 +1986,10 @@
 
 	actx.AddVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{
 		{Mutator: "link", Variation: "shared"},
+	}, dataLibDepTag, deps.DataLibs...)
+
+	actx.AddVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{
+		{Mutator: "link", Variation: "shared"},
 	}, runtimeDepTag, deps.RuntimeLibs...)
 
 	actx.AddDependency(c, genSourceDepTag, deps.GeneratedSources...)