diff --git a/libsemanage/src/utilities.c b/libsemanage/src/utilities.c
index 349a4be..a340fc8 100644
--- a/libsemanage/src/utilities.c
+++ b/libsemanage/src/utilities.c
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ int semanage_list_push(semanage_list_t ** list, char *data)
 
 	if (!data)
 		return EINVAL;
+
+	if (semanage_list_find(*list, data) != NULL)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!(temp = malloc(sizeof(semanage_list_t))))
 		return ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/libsemanage/tests/Makefile b/libsemanage/tests/Makefile
index f92455c..ad1869b 100644
--- a/libsemanage/tests/Makefile
+++ b/libsemanage/tests/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ EXECUTABLE = libsemanage-tests
 CC = gcc
 CFLAGS = -c -g -o0 -Wall -W -Wundef -Wmissing-noreturn -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wno-unused-parameter
 INCLUDE = -I$(TESTSRC) -I$(TESTSRC)/../include
-LDFLAGS = -lcunit -lustr -lbz2
+LDFLAGS = -lcunit -lustr -lbz2 -lpthread
 OBJECTS = $(SOURCES:.c=.o) 
 
 all: $(EXECUTABLE)