diff --git a/src/base/SConscript b/src/base/SConscript
index f8cd4ba074..1190b939ef 100644
--- a/src/base/SConscript
+++ b/src/base/SConscript
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Source('bmpwriter.cc')
 Source('channel_addr.cc')
 Source('cprintf.cc', add_tags='gtest lib')
 GTest('cprintf.test', 'cprintf.test.cc')
+Executable('cprintftime', 'cprintftime.cc', 'cprintf.cc')
 Source('debug.cc')
 GTest('debug.test', 'debug.test.cc', 'debug.cc')
 if env['USE_FENV']:
diff --git a/src/unittest/cprintftime.cc b/src/base/cprintftime.cc
similarity index 100%
rename from src/unittest/cprintftime.cc
rename to src/base/cprintftime.cc
diff --git a/src/unittest/SConscript b/src/unittest/SConscript
index 19b2542323..b0e29ed3f4 100644
--- a/src/unittest/SConscript
+++ b/src/unittest/SConscript
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Import('*')
 
 Source('unittest.cc')
 
-UnitTest('cprintftime', 'cprintftime.cc')
 UnitTest('nmtest', 'nmtest.cc')
 
 stattest_py = PySource('m5', 'stattestmain.py', tags='stattest')