diff --git a/rpm/ssu.spec b/rpm/ssu.spec
index 218a35f..7e69aec 100644
--- a/rpm/ssu.spec
+++ b/rpm/ssu.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Requires: ssu-network-proxy
 %{_libdir}/zypp/plugins/urlresolver/*
 %{_bindir}/ssu
 %{_libdir}/libssu.so.*
+%{_libdir}/ssu/libsandboxhook.so
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/zypp/credentials.d
 # ssu itself does not use the package-update triggers, but provides
 # them for the vendor data packages to use
diff --git a/tests/testutils/sandboxhook.cpp b/sandboxhook/sandboxhook.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/testutils/sandboxhook.cpp
rename to sandboxhook/sandboxhook.cpp
diff --git a/sandboxhook/sandboxhook.pri b/sandboxhook/sandboxhook.pri
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c85b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandboxhook/sandboxhook.pri
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SSU_SANDBOX_PATH = /usr/lib/ssu/libsandboxhook.so
+DEFINES += SSU_SANDBOX_PATH="'\"$${SSU_SANDBOX_PATH}\"'"
diff --git a/sandboxhook/sandboxhook.pro b/sandboxhook/sandboxhook.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42ad432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandboxhook/sandboxhook.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+include(../ssu_common.pri)
+include(sandboxhook_dependencies.pri)
+
+TEMPLATE = lib
+TARGET = sandboxhook
+
+CONFIG += unversioned_libname
+
+SOURCES = sandboxhook.cpp
+
+DESTDIR = $$DESTDIR_LIB
+
+target.path = /usr/lib/ssu
+INSTALLS += target
diff --git a/sandboxhook/sandboxhook_dependencies.pri b/sandboxhook/sandboxhook_dependencies.pri
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48c7cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandboxhook/sandboxhook_dependencies.pri
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include(../libssu/libssu.pri)
diff --git a/ssu.pro b/ssu.pro
index d100964..e034f15 100644
--- a/ssu.pro
+++ b/ssu.pro
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ ssuconfhack {
     SUBDIRS += ssuconfperm
 }
 
-SUBDIRS += tests tools
+SUBDIRS += sandboxhook tests tools
 
 ssucli.depends = libssu
 ssuurlresolver.depends = libssu
-tests.depends = libssu
+sandboxhook.depends = libssu
+tests.depends = libssu sandboxhook
 ssuks.depends = libssu
 ssud.depends  = libssu
 ssuslipstream.depends = libssu
diff --git a/tests/tests.pro b/tests/tests.pro
index 64a2121..33e4a11 100644
--- a/tests/tests.pro
+++ b/tests/tests.pro
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CONFIG         += ordered coverage debug
 SUBDIRS         = \
         testutils \
         formatoutput \
-        testutils/sandboxhook.pro \
         ut_coreconfig \
         ut_deviceinfo \
         ut_featuremodel \
diff --git a/tests/testutils/sandboxhook.pro b/tests/testutils/sandboxhook.pro
deleted file mode 100644
index bcafced..0000000
--- a/tests/testutils/sandboxhook.pro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-TARGET = sandboxhook
-include(../testlibrary.pri)
-include(sandboxhook_dependencies.pri)
-
-SOURCES = sandboxhook.cpp
diff --git a/tests/testutils/sandboxhook_dependencies.pri b/tests/testutils/sandboxhook_dependencies.pri
deleted file mode 100644
index 37c741f..0000000
--- a/tests/testutils/sandboxhook_dependencies.pri
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-include(../../libssu/libssu.pri)
diff --git a/tests/ut_ssucli/ssuclitest.cpp b/tests/ut_ssucli/ssuclitest.cpp
index e872867..3eb9270 100644
--- a/tests/ut_ssucli/ssuclitest.cpp
+++ b/tests/ut_ssucli/ssuclitest.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void SsuCliTest::init()
         qDebug() << "Using in-tree sandbox";
         setenv("LD_PRELOAD", getenv("SSU_SANDBOX_PATH"), 1);
     } else
-        setenv("LD_PRELOAD", qPrintable(QString("%1/libsandboxhook.so").arg(TESTS_PATH)), 1);
+        setenv("LD_PRELOAD", SSU_SANDBOX_PATH, 1);
 
     m_bus = new QProcess(this);
     m_bus->start("dbus-daemon",
diff --git a/tests/ut_ssucli/ut_ssucli_dependencies.pri b/tests/ut_ssucli/ut_ssucli_dependencies.pri
index 5e56454..ac74bef 100644
--- a/tests/ut_ssucli/ut_ssucli_dependencies.pri
+++ b/tests/ut_ssucli/ut_ssucli_dependencies.pri
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 include(../../libssu/libssu.pri)
+include(../../sandboxhook/sandboxhook.pri)
 include(../testutils/testutils.pri)
diff --git a/tests/ut_ssuurlresolver/ssuurlresolvertest.cpp b/tests/ut_ssuurlresolver/ssuurlresolvertest.cpp
index e0e86fc..1fe3913 100644
--- a/tests/ut_ssuurlresolver/ssuurlresolvertest.cpp
+++ b/tests/ut_ssuurlresolver/ssuurlresolvertest.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void SsuUrlResolverTest::initTestCase()
         qDebug() << "Using in-tree sandbox";
         setenv("LD_PRELOAD", getenv("SSU_SANDBOX_PATH"), 1);
     } else
-        setenv("LD_PRELOAD", qPrintable(QString("%1/libsandboxhook.so").arg(TESTS_PATH)), 1);
+        setenv("LD_PRELOAD", SSU_SANDBOX_PATH, 1);
 }
 
 void SsuUrlResolverTest::cleanupTestCase()
diff --git a/tests/ut_ssuurlresolver/ut_ssuurlresolver_dependencies.pri b/tests/ut_ssuurlresolver/ut_ssuurlresolver_dependencies.pri
index 37c741f..0145169 100644
--- a/tests/ut_ssuurlresolver/ut_ssuurlresolver_dependencies.pri
+++ b/tests/ut_ssuurlresolver/ut_ssuurlresolver_dependencies.pri
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 include(../../libssu/libssu.pri)
+include(../../sandboxhook/sandboxhook.pri)