diff --git a/tests/src/App/StringHasher.cpp b/tests/src/App/StringHasher.cpp
index 6f60dc5a41..c13b0b6620 100644
--- a/tests/src/App/StringHasher.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/App/StringHasher.cpp
@@ -1006,6 +1006,7 @@ TEST_F(StringIDRefTest, toBytes)  // NOLINT
 
 TEST_F(StringIDRefTest, getPyObject)  // NOLINT
 {
+    Py_Initialize();
     // Arrange
     auto ref = App::StringIDRef(createStringID());
     auto empty = App::StringIDRef();