diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index e89beb7a1133..49ed03a9c974 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ all-local: unittest
 	@echo "Test output is in `pwd`/test.log and is displayed on failure."
 	@echo
 	@fc-cache "@LO_PATH@"/share/fonts/truetype
-	@UNITTEST=1 ${top_builddir}/test/unittest 2> test.log || (cat test.log && /bin/false)
+	@UNITTEST=1 ${top_builddir}/test/unittest --cert-path ${abs_top_srcdir}/etc 2> test.log || (cat test.log && /bin/false)
 	@echo "Done test all-local"
 	@$(CLEANUP_COMMAND)