diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ea704f62..3123aa9d2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1098,6 +1098,32 @@ if(NOT MATIO_FOUND)
     find_package(ZLIB)
     if(ZLIB_FOUND)
         get_filename_component(ZLIB_BASE_DIR ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS} DIRECTORY)
+        if(OS_IS_LINUX)
+            if(NOT EXISTS "/usr/bin/libtoolize")
+                message(" libtool has not been found.")
+                message(" You can try to install it by typing:")
+                if(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Fedora" OR ${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Red Hat")
+                    message(" sudo yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'")
+                elseif(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "openSUSE")
+                    message(" sudo zypper install libtoool")
+                else(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Fedora" OR ${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Red Hat")
+                    message(" sudo apt-get install libtool")
+                endif(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Fedora" OR ${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Red Hat")
+                message(FATAL_ERROR "libtool is required to build matio from source")
+            endif(NOT EXISTS "/usr/bin/libtoolize")
+            if(NOT EXISTS "/usr/bin/aclocal-1.15" OR EXISTS "/usr/bin/aclocal-1.14" OR EXISTS "/usr/bin/aclocal-1.13" OR EXISTS "/usr/bin/aclocal-1.11"  OR EXISTS "/usr/bin/aclocal-1.10")
+                message(" aclocal has not been found.")
+                message(" You can try to install it by typing:")
+                if(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Fedora" OR ${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Red Hat")
+                    message(" sudo yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'")
+                elseif(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "openSUSE")
+                    message(" sudo zypper install automake")
+                else(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Fedora" OR ${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Red Hat")
+                    message(" sudo apt-get install automake")
+                endif(${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Fedora" OR ${LINUX_DISTRIBUTION} MATCHES "Red Hat")
+                message(FATAL_ERROR "aclocal is required to build matio from source")
+             endif(NOT EXISTS "/usr/bin/aclocal-1.15" OR EXISTS "/usr/bin/aclocal-1.14" OR EXISTS "/usr/bin/aclocal-1.13" OR EXISTS "/usr/bin/aclocal-1.11"  OR EXISTS "/usr/bin/aclocal-1.10")
+        endif(OS_IS_LINUX)      
         find_package(HDF5)
         if(HDF5_FOUND)
             list(GET HDF5_LIBRARIES 0 HDF5_FIRST_DIR)
diff --git a/src/tests/unit-tests/signal-processing-blocks/libs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/unit-tests/signal-processing-blocks/libs/CMakeLists.txt
index ee71cc113..3f19c0854 100644
--- a/src/tests/unit-tests/signal-processing-blocks/libs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/unit-tests/signal-processing-blocks/libs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,3 +39,6 @@ list(SORT SIGNAL_PROCESSING_TESTING_LIB_HEADERS)
 add_library(signal_processing_testing_lib ${SIGNAL_PROCESSING_TESTING_LIB_SOURCES} ${SIGNAL_PROCESSING_TESTING_LIB_HEADERS})
 source_group(Headers FILES ${SIGNAL_PROCESSING_TESTING_LIB_HEADERS})
 
+if(NOT MATIO_FOUND)
+   add_dependencies(signal_processing_testing_lib matio-${GNSSSDR_MATIO_LOCAL_VERSION})
+endif(NOT MATIO_FOUND)
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