diff --git a/tests/run-test.sh.in b/tests/run-test.sh.in
index d8f5a9bbe..f55d96656 100755
--- a/tests/run-test.sh.in
+++ b/tests/run-test.sh.in
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ done
 
 builddir=`dirname $0`
 builddir=`cd $builddir && pwd`
-srcdir=$builddir/@srcdir@
+srcdir=@srcdir@
 srcdir=`cd $srcdir && pwd`
 
 GI_TYPELIB_PATH="$GI_TYPELIB_PATH${GI_TYPELIB_PATH:+:}@MUTTER_TYPELIB_DIR@:$builddir/../src:$builddir/../src/gvc"
-GJS_PATH="$srcdir:$srcdir/../js"
+GJS_PATH="$srcdir:$srcdir/../js:$builddir/../js"
 GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
 $verbose || GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS="JS ERROR;JS LOG"
 GNOME_SHELL_TESTSDIR="$srcdir/"