diff --git a/dev-libs/ixion/ixion-0.13.0.recipe b/dev-libs/ixion/ixion-0.13.0.recipe
index 6b6d49486..87f737586 100644
--- a/dev-libs/ixion/ixion-0.13.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/ixion/ixion-0.13.0.recipe
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
 	devel:libboost_program_options$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:mdds$secondaryArchSuffix >= 1.2
+	devel:mdds >= 1.2
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:aclocal
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ INSTALL()
 
 TEST()
 {
-	# these tests do not pass
-	# ixion is really good in crashing our pthreads implementation
+	LIBRARY_PATH="$sourceDir/src/libixion/.libs${LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LIBRARY_PATH}" \
 	make check
 }