diff --git a/tests/run-test.sh.in b/tests/run-test.sh.in
index 410cc850e..996190678 100755
--- a/tests/run-test.sh.in
+++ b/tests/run-test.sh.in
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ GJS_PATH="$srcdir:$srcdir/../js"
 GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
 $verbose || GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS="JS ERROR;JS LOG"
 GNOME_SHELL_TESTSDIR="$srcdir/"
+GNOME_SHELL_JS="$srcdir/../js"
+GNOME_SHELL_DATADIR="$srcdir/../data"
 
-export GI_TYPELIB_PATH GJS_PATH GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS GNOME_SHELL_JS GNOME_SHELL_TESTSDIR LD_PRELOAD
+export GI_TYPELIB_PATH GJS_PATH GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS GNOME_SHELL_TESTSDIR GNOME_SHELL_JS GNOME_SHELL_DATADIR LD_PRELOAD
 
 for test in $tests ; do
     $debug $builddir/../src/run-js-test $test || exit $?