diff --git a/tests/atlocal.in b/tests/atlocal.in
index 8fd5655d..dabc83d4 100644
--- a/tests/atlocal.in
+++ b/tests/atlocal.in
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 # Configurable variable values for tar test suite.
 # Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-PATH=@abs_builddir@:@abs_top_builddir@/src:$top_srcdir:$srcdir:$PATH
+PATH=@abs_builddir@:@abs_top_builddir@/src:@abs_top_builddir@/build-aux:$top_srcdir:$srcdir:$PATH
+