diff --git a/src/axom/sidre/examples/spio/CMakeLists.txt b/src/axom/sidre/examples/spio/CMakeLists.txt
index b4013c7fd..8558b8e4a 100644
--- a/src/axom/sidre/examples/spio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/axom/sidre/examples/spio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if (SCR_FOUND)
     list(APPEND example_sources IO_SCR_Output.cpp)
 endif() 
 
-set(spio_example_depends axom gtest ${EXTRA_LIBS})
+set(spio_example_depends axom ${EXTRA_LIBS})
 blt_list_append(TO spio_example_depends ELEMENTS hdf5 IF HDF5_FOUND)
 blt_list_append(TO spio_example_depends ELEMENTS scr  IF SCR_FOUND)
 
@@ -39,17 +39,23 @@ foreach(src ${example_sources})
         )
 endforeach()
 
-    if(AXOM_ENABLE_TESTS)
-        if(SCR_FOUND)
-            if(ENABLE_MPI)
-                axom_add_test(
-                    NAME spio_IO_SCR_Checkpoint
-                    COMMAND spio_IO_SCR_Checkpoint_ex 
-                    NUM_MPI_TASKS 4 )
-            else()
-                axom_add_test(
-                    NAME spio_IO_SCR_Checkpoint
-                    COMMAND spio_IO_SCR_Checkpoint_ex )
-            endif()
-        endif()
+if(SCR_FOUND AND AXOM_ENABLE_TESTS)
+    blt_add_executable(
+        NAME spio_scr_ex
+        SOURCES spio_scr.cpp
+        OUTPUT_DIR ${EXAMPLE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}
+        DEPENDS_ON ${spio_example_depends} scr gtest
+        FOLDER axom/sidre/examples
+        )
+
+    if(ENABLE_MPI)
+        axom_add_test(
+            NAME spio_IO_SCR_Checkpoint
+            COMMAND spio_IO_SCR_Checkpoint_ex
+            NUM_MPI_TASKS 4 )
+    else()
+        axom_add_test(
+            NAME spio_IO_SCR_Checkpoint
+            COMMAND spio_IO_SCR_Checkpoint_ex )
     endif()
+endif()