diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/spdlog/spdlog-1.15.3-GCCcore-14.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/spdlog/spdlog-1.15.3-GCCcore-14.3.0.eb
index e66d8f5adbc..a8b2f074056 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/spdlog/spdlog-1.15.3-GCCcore-14.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/spdlog/spdlog-1.15.3-GCCcore-14.3.0.eb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ version = '1.15.3'
 
 homepage = 'https://github.com/gabime/spdlog'
 description = "Very fast, header-only/compiled, C++ logging library."
+
 toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '14.3.0'}
 toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
 
@@ -17,15 +18,14 @@ builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '4.0.3'),
 ]
 
-_shared_configopts = " ".join([
-    "-DSPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED=ON",
-    "-DSPDLOG_BUILD_PIC=ON",
-])
+_base_configopts = ' -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DSPDLOG_BUILD_PIC=ON '
+
+configopts = [f'{_base_configopts} -DSPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED={x}' for x in ('OFF', 'ON')]
 
-configopts = ["", _shared_configopts]
+runtest = 'test'
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
-    'files': ['include/%(name)s/%(name)s.h', 'lib/lib%(name)s.a', f'lib/lib%(name)s.{SHLIB_EXT}'],
+    'files': [f'include/{name}/{name}.h', 'lib/libspdlog.a', f'lib/libspdlog.{SHLIB_EXT}'],
     'dirs': ['lib64/cmake', 'lib64/pkgconfig'],
 }