diff --git a/tests/virstoragetest.c b/tests/virstoragetest.c
index 15296cc14f..9af8795492 100644
--- a/tests/virstoragetest.c
+++ b/tests/virstoragetest.c
@@ -498,8 +498,12 @@ mymain(void)
                VIR_STORAGE_FILE_AUTO, EXP_PASS);
 
     /* Qcow2 file with relative raw backing, format provided */
-    TEST_CHAIN("qcow2-qcow2_raw-raw-relative", absqcow2, VIR_STORAGE_FILE_QCOW2, EXP_PASS);
-    TEST_CHAIN("qcow2-auto_raw-raw-relative", absqcow2, VIR_STORAGE_FILE_AUTO, EXP_PASS);
+    TEST_CHAIN("qcow2-qcow2_raw-raw-relative",
+               abs_srcdir "/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_raw-raw-relative.qcow2",
+               VIR_STORAGE_FILE_QCOW2, EXP_PASS);
+    TEST_CHAIN("qcow2-auto_raw-raw-relative",
+               abs_srcdir "/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_raw-raw-relative.qcow2",
+               VIR_STORAGE_FILE_AUTO, EXP_PASS);
 
     /* Rewrite qcow2 file to use absolute backing name */
     virCommandFree(cmd);
diff --git a/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_raw-raw-relative.qcow2 b/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_raw-raw-relative.qcow2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..492d9bca19
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_raw-raw-relative.qcow2 differ
diff --git a/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-auto_raw-raw-relative b/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-auto_raw-raw-relative
index 4a01b24589..f9afc138f0 100644
--- a/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-auto_raw-raw-relative
+++ b/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-auto_raw-raw-relative
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-path:ABS_BUILDDIR/virstoragedata/qcow2
+path:ABS_SRCDIR/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_raw-raw-relative.qcow2
 backingStoreRaw: <null>
 capacity: 0
 encryption: 0
diff --git a/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-qcow2_raw-raw-relative b/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-qcow2_raw-raw-relative
index a1fb142e98..6e3f7ab339 100644
--- a/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-qcow2_raw-raw-relative
+++ b/tests/virstoragetestdata/out/qcow2-qcow2_raw-raw-relative
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-path:ABS_BUILDDIR/virstoragedata/qcow2
+path:ABS_SRCDIR/virstoragetestdata/images/qcow2_raw-raw-relative.qcow2
 backingStoreRaw: raw
 capacity: 1024
 encryption: 0
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ format:14
 protocol:none
 hostname:<null>
 
-path:ABS_BUILDDIR/virstoragedata/raw
+path:ABS_SRCDIR/virstoragetestdata/images/raw
 backingStoreRaw: <null>
 capacity: 0
 encryption: 0