diff --git a/test/makefile.am b/test/makefile.am
index 748e2df..c9b7d29 100644
--- a/test/makefile.am
+++ b/test/makefile.am
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 ##       1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8
 ## 45678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
 
+TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${top_builddir}/test/.libs
+
 VALGRIND_CHECKS = auto_test smartpointer_test stdext_test \
                  tokenizer_test string_test
 NO_VALGRIND_CHECKS =