diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6ab17e86c..e008f9f5f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([gmp],[[__gmpn_sub_n]],GMP_LIBS=-lgmp, [AC_MSG_ERROR(libgmp missing
 AC_CHECK_HEADER([gmpxx.h],,AC_MSG_ERROR(libgmpxx headers missing))
 AC_CHECK_LIB([gmpxx],[main],GMPXX_LIBS=-lgmpxx, [AC_MSG_ERROR(libgmpxx missing)])
 
-RUST_LIBS="-lrustzcash"
+RUST_LIBS="-lrustzcash -ldl"
 
 dnl Check for OpenMP support
 AX_OPENMP(
diff --git a/depends/packages/crate_lazy_static.mk b/depends/packages/crate_lazy_static.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..208dc1dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/packages/crate_lazy_static.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package=crate_lazy_static
+$(package)_crate_name=lazy_static
+$(package)_version=1.0.0
+$(package)_download_path=https://static.crates.io/crates/$($(package)_crate_name)
+$(package)_file_name=$($(package)_crate_name)-$($(package)_version).crate
+$(package)_sha256_hash=c8f31047daa365f19be14b47c29df4f7c3b581832407daabe6ae77397619237d
+$(package)_crate_versioned_name=$($(package)_crate_name)
+
+define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
+  $(call generate_crate_checksum,$(package))
+endef
+
+define $(package)_stage_cmds
+  $(call vendor_crate_source,$(package))
+endef
diff --git a/depends/packages/librustzcash.mk b/depends/packages/librustzcash.mk
index f2d63669d..c2d6b61d3 100644
--- a/depends/packages/librustzcash.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/librustzcash.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ $(package)_version=0.1
 $(package)_download_path=https://github.com/zcash/$(package)/archive/
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_git_commit).tar.gz
 $(package)_download_file=$($(package)_git_commit).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=c59d37870bf293b64c97de8991ebd2efe4e63282c5dc6d05df5a3a88e7b7b169
-$(package)_git_commit=7dc69c6893032142e353ece69420c72b4055b378
+$(package)_sha256_hash=a6554609ac0cbcc99ad33513a8203bec4ec1c64fa25b4be515377ccf2e0afcd7
+$(package)_git_commit=2a86c912f6ec32ae62c4403c214b2a93a5fcb61e
 $(package)_dependencies=rust $(rust_crates)
 $(package)_patches=cargo.config
 
diff --git a/depends/packages/packages.mk b/depends/packages/packages.mk
index 35b9f80ac..f3807913e 100644
--- a/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ rust_crates := \
   crate_futures_cpupool \
   crate_futures \
   crate_generic_array \
+  crate_lazy_static \
   crate_libc \
   crate_nodrop \
   crate_num_cpus \
diff --git a/src/Makefile.gtest.include b/src/Makefile.gtest.include
index 82d654ba4..647c89fe9 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.gtest.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.gtest.include
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ zcash_gtest_SOURCES += \
 	gtest/test_libzcash_utils.cpp \
 	gtest/test_proofs.cpp \
 	gtest/test_paymentdisclosure.cpp \
+	gtest/test_pedersen_hash.cpp \
 	gtest/test_checkblock.cpp
 if ENABLE_WALLET
 zcash_gtest_SOURCES += \
diff --git a/src/gtest/test_pedersen_hash.cpp b/src/gtest/test_pedersen_hash.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a9eb04fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gtest/test_pedersen_hash.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include "librustzcash.h"
+#include "uint256.h"
+
+TEST(PedersenHash, TestAPI) {
+    const uint256 a = uint256S("0acaa62d40fcdd9192ed35ea9df31660ccf7f6c60566530faaa444fb5d0d410e");
+    const uint256 b = uint256S("6041357de59ba64959d1b60f93de24dfe5ea1e26ed9e8a73d35b225a1845ba70");
+    uint256 result;
+
+    librustzcash_merkle_hash(25, a.begin(), b.begin(), result.begin());
+
+    uint256 expected_result = uint256S("4253b36834b3f64cc6182f1816911e1c9460cb88afeafb155244dd0038ad4717");
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(result == expected_result);
+}