diff --git a/tests/build-products.t b/tests/build-products.t
index 3431324c..0f558d86 100644
--- a/tests/build-products.t
+++ b/tests/build-products.t
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 use strict;
-use Cwd;
 use Setup;
 
-(my $datadir, my $pgsql) = test_init();
+my %ctx = test_init();
 
 require Hydra::Schema;
 require Hydra::Model::DB;
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ hydra_setup($db);
 
 # Test build products
 
-my $jobset = createBaseJobset("build-products", "build-products.nix");
+my $jobset = createBaseJobset("build-products", "build-products.nix", $ctx{jobsdir});
 
 ok(evalSucceeds($jobset),               "Evaluating jobs/build-products.nix should exit with return code 0");
 is(nrQueuedBuildsForJobset($jobset), 2, "Evaluating jobs/build-products.nix should result in 2 builds");
diff --git a/tests/evaluate-basic.t b/tests/evaluate-basic.t
index 0d58d08f..85d5547b 100644
--- a/tests/evaluate-basic.t
+++ b/tests/evaluate-basic.t
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use feature 'unicode_strings';
 use strict;
-use Cwd;
 use Setup;
 
-(my $datadir, my $pgsql) = test_init();
+my %ctx = test_init();
 
 require Hydra::Schema;
 require Hydra::Model::DB;
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ hydra_setup($db);
 my $project = $db->resultset('Projects')->create({name => "tests", displayname => "", owner => "root"});
 
 # Most basic test case, no parameters
-my $jobset = createBaseJobset("basic", "basic.nix");
+my $jobset = createBaseJobset("basic", "basic.nix", $ctx{jobsdir});
 
 ok(evalSucceeds($jobset),               "Evaluating jobs/basic.nix should exit with return code 0");
 is(nrQueuedBuildsForJobset($jobset), 3, "Evaluating jobs/basic.nix should result in 3 builds");
@@ -29,4 +28,4 @@ for my $build (queuedBuildsForJobset($jobset)) {
     is($newbuild->buildstatus, $expected, "Build '".$build->job."' from jobs/basic.nix should have buildstatus $expected.");
 }
 
-done_testing;
\ No newline at end of file
+done_testing;
diff --git a/tests/evaluate-dependent-jobsets.t b/tests/evaluate-dependent-jobsets.t
index 279e1f33..0bf3a2f0 100644
--- a/tests/evaluate-dependent-jobsets.t
+++ b/tests/evaluate-dependent-jobsets.t
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 use strict;
-use Cwd;
 use Setup;
 
-(my $datadir, my $pgsql) = test_init();
+my %ctx = test_init();
 
 require Hydra::Schema;
 require Hydra::Model::DB;
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ my $db = Hydra::Model::DB->new;
 hydra_setup($db);
 
 # Test jobset with 2 jobs, one has parameter of succeeded build of the other
-my $jobset = createJobsetWithOneInput("build-output-as-input", "build-output-as-input.nix", "build1", "build", "build1");
+my $jobset = createJobsetWithOneInput("build-output-as-input", "build-output-as-input.nix", "build1", "build", "build1", $ctx{jobsdir});
 
 ok(evalSucceeds($jobset), "Evaluating jobs/build-output-as-input.nix should exit with return code 0");
 is(nrQueuedBuildsForJobset($jobset), 1 , "Evaluation should result in 1 build in queue");
diff --git a/tests/input-types/bzr-checkout.t b/tests/input-types/bzr-checkout.t
index 2bcf556f..ee1f90a0 100644
--- a/tests/input-types/bzr-checkout.t
+++ b/tests/input-types/bzr-checkout.t
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use strict;
-use Cwd;
 use Setup;
 use TestScmInput;
 
-(my $datadir, my $pgsql) = test_init();
+my %ctx = test_init();
 
 require Hydra::Schema;
 require Hydra::Model::DB;
@@ -21,8 +20,9 @@ testScmInput(
   update => 'jobs/bzr-checkout-update.sh',
 
   # directories
-  datadir => $datadir,
-  testdir => getcwd,
+  datadir => $ctx{tmpdir},
+  testdir => $ctx{testdir},
+  jobsdir => $ctx{jobsdir},
 );
 
 done_testing;
diff --git a/tests/input-types/bzr.t b/tests/input-types/bzr.t
index 345f5aca..0cc0a23d 100644
--- a/tests/input-types/bzr.t
+++ b/tests/input-types/bzr.t
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use strict;
-use Cwd;
 use Setup;
 use TestScmInput;
 
-(my $datadir, my $pgsql) = test_init();
+my %ctx = test_init();
 
 require Hydra::Schema;
 require Hydra::Model::DB;
@@ -21,8 +20,9 @@ testScmInput(
   update => 'jobs/bzr-update.sh',
 
   # directories
-  datadir => $datadir,
-  testdir => getcwd,
+  datadir => $ctx{tmpdir},
+  testdir => $ctx{testdir},
+  jobsdir => $ctx{jobsdir},
 );
 
 done_testing;
diff --git a/tests/input-types/darcs.t b/tests/input-types/darcs.t
index afbbd630..aa95a8e6 100644
--- a/tests/input-types/darcs.t
+++ b/tests/input-types/darcs.t
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use strict;
-use Cwd;
 use Setup;
 use TestScmInput;
 
-(my $datadir, my $pgsql) = test_init();
+my %ctx = test_init();
 
 require Hydra::Schema;
 require Hydra::Model::DB;
@@ -21,8 +20,9 @@ testScmInput(
   update => 'jobs/darcs-update.sh',
 
   # directories
-  datadir => $datadir,
-  testdir => getcwd,
+  datadir => $ctx{tmpdir},
+  testdir => $ctx{testdir},
+  jobsdir => $ctx{jobsdir},
 );
 
 done_testing;
diff --git a/tests/input-types/deepgit.t b/tests/input-types/deepgit.t
index 7db0e2ce..4d418148 100644
--- a/tests/input-types/deepgit.t
+++ b/tests/input-types/deepgit.t
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use strict;
-use Cwd;
 use Setup;
 use TestScmInput;
 
-(my $datadir, my $pgsql) = test_init();
+my %ctx = test_init();
 
 require Hydra::Schema;
 require Hydra::Model::DB;
@@ -22,8 +21,9 @@ testScmInput(
   update => 'jobs/git-update.sh',
 
   # directories
-  datadir => $datadir,
-  testdir => getcwd,
+  datadir => $ctx{tmpdir},
+  testdir => $ctx{testdir},
+  jobsdir => $ctx{jobsdir},
 );
 
 done_testing;
diff --git a/tests/input-types/git-rev.t b/tests/input-types/git-rev.t
index 58d23a99..866370d2 100644
--- a/tests/input-types/git-rev.t
+++ b/tests/input-types/git-rev.t
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use strict;
-use Cwd;
 use Setup;
 use TestScmInput;
 
-(my $datadir, my $pgsql) = test_init();
+my %ctx = test_init();
 
 require Hydra::Schema;
 require Hydra::Model::DB;
@@ -22,8 +21,9 @@ testScmInput(
   update => 'jobs/git-rev-update.sh',
 
   # directories
-  datadir => $datadir,
-  testdir => getcwd,
+  datadir => $ctx{tmpdir},
+  testdir => $ctx{testdir},
+  jobsdir => $ctx{jobsdir},
 );
 
 done_testing;
diff --git a/tests/input-types/git.t b/tests/input-types/git.t
index 82eafa97..0804cc1a 100644
--- a/tests/input-types/git.t
+++ b/tests/input-types/git.t
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use strict;
-use Cwd;
 use Setup;
 use TestScmInput;
 
-(my $datadir, my $pgsql) = test_init();
+my %ctx = test_init();
 
 require Hydra::Schema;
 require Hydra::Model::DB;
@@ -21,8 +20,9 @@ testScmInput(
   update => 'jobs/git-update.sh',
 
   # directories
-  datadir => $datadir,
-  testdir => getcwd,
+  datadir => $ctx{tmpdir},
+  testdir => $ctx{testdir},
+  jobsdir => $ctx{jobsdir},
 );
 
 done_testing;
diff --git a/tests/input-types/hg.t b/tests/input-types/hg.t
index d0bdc8d8..28552288 100644
--- a/tests/input-types/hg.t
+++ b/tests/input-types/hg.t
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use strict;
-use Cwd;
 use Setup;
 use TestScmInput;
 
-(my $datadir, my $pgsql) = test_init();
+my %ctx = test_init();
 
 require Hydra::Schema;
 require Hydra::Model::DB;
@@ -21,8 +20,9 @@ testScmInput(
   update => 'jobs/hg-update.sh',
 
   # directories
-  datadir => $datadir,
-  testdir => getcwd,
+  datadir => $ctx{tmpdir},
+  testdir => $ctx{testdir},
+  jobsdir => $ctx{jobsdir},
 );
 
 done_testing;
diff --git a/tests/input-types/svn-checkout.t b/tests/input-types/svn-checkout.t
index 7c8543c3..48f07f09 100644
--- a/tests/input-types/svn-checkout.t
+++ b/tests/input-types/svn-checkout.t
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use strict;
-use Cwd;
 use Setup;
 use TestScmInput;
 
-(my $datadir, my $pgsql) = test_init();
+my %ctx = test_init();
 
 require Hydra::Schema;
 require Hydra::Model::DB;
@@ -21,8 +20,9 @@ testScmInput(
   update => 'jobs/svn-checkout-update.sh',
 
   # directories
-  datadir => $datadir,
-  testdir => getcwd,
+  datadir => $ctx{tmpdir},
+  testdir => $ctx{testdir},
+  jobsdir => $ctx{jobsdir},
 );
 
 done_testing;
diff --git a/tests/input-types/svn.t b/tests/input-types/svn.t
index 091a6c74..c2eb8cec 100644
--- a/tests/input-types/svn.t
+++ b/tests/input-types/svn.t
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use strict;
-use Cwd;
 use Setup;
 use TestScmInput;
 
-(my $datadir, my $pgsql) = test_init();
+my %ctx = test_init();
 
 require Hydra::Schema;
 require Hydra::Model::DB;
@@ -21,8 +20,9 @@ testScmInput(
   update => 'jobs/svn-update.sh',
 
   # directories
-  datadir => $datadir,
-  testdir => getcwd,
+  datadir => $ctx{tmpdir},
+  testdir => $ctx{testdir},
+  jobsdir => $ctx{jobsdir},
 );
 
 done_testing;
diff --git a/tests/lib/Setup.pm b/tests/lib/Setup.pm
index c697a258..3cc9828e 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Setup.pm
+++ b/tests/lib/Setup.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ use Exporter;
 use Test::PostgreSQL;
 use File::Temp;
 use File::Path qw(make_path);
-use Cwd;
+use File::Basename;
+use Cwd qw(abs_path getcwd);
 
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 our @EXPORT = qw(test_init hydra_setup nrBuildsForJobset queuedBuildsForJobset nrQueuedBuildsForJobset createBaseJobset createJobsetWithOneInput evalSucceeds runBuild sendNotifications updateRepository);
@@ -62,7 +63,12 @@ sub test_init {
     );
     $ENV{'HYDRA_DBI'} = $pgsql->dsn;
     system("hydra-init") == 0 or die;
-    return ($dir, $pgsql);
+    return (
+        db => $pgsql,
+        tmpdir => $dir,
+        testdir => abs_path(dirname(__FILE__) . "/.."),
+        jobsdir => abs_path(dirname(__FILE__) . "/../jobs")
+    );
 }
 
 sub captureStdoutStderr {
@@ -95,7 +101,7 @@ sub nrQueuedBuildsForJobset {
 }
 
 sub createBaseJobset {
-    my ($jobsetName, $nixexprpath) = @_;
+    my ($jobsetName, $nixexprpath, $jobspath) = @_;
 
     my $db = Hydra::Model::DB->new;
     my $project = $db->resultset('Projects')->update_or_create({name => "tests", displayname => "", owner => "root"});
@@ -105,14 +111,14 @@ sub createBaseJobset {
     my $jobsetinputals;
 
     $jobsetinput = $jobset->jobsetinputs->create({name => "jobs", type => "path"});
-    $jobsetinputals = $jobsetinput->jobsetinputalts->create({altnr => 0, value => getcwd."/jobs"});
+    $jobsetinputals = $jobsetinput->jobsetinputalts->create({altnr => 0, value => $jobspath});
 
     return $jobset;
 }
 
 sub createJobsetWithOneInput {
-    my ($jobsetName, $nixexprpath, $name, $type, $uri) = @_;
-    my $jobset = createBaseJobset($jobsetName, $nixexprpath);
+    my ($jobsetName, $nixexprpath, $name, $type, $uri, $jobspath) = @_;
+    my $jobset = createBaseJobset($jobsetName, $nixexprpath, $jobspath);
 
     my $jobsetinput;
     my $jobsetinputals;
diff --git a/tests/lib/TestScmInput.pm b/tests/lib/TestScmInput.pm
index 3aa720d0..acf7fa27 100644
--- a/tests/lib/TestScmInput.pm
+++ b/tests/lib/TestScmInput.pm
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ sub testScmInput {
   # Get directories
   my $testdir = $args{testdir} // die "required arg 'testdir' missing";
   my $datadir = $args{datadir} // die "required arg 'datadir' missing";
+  my $jobsdir = $args{jobsdir} // die "required arg 'jobsdir' missing";
 
   my $update = $args{update} // die "required arg 'update' missing";
   $update = "$testdir/$update";
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ sub testScmInput {
   $uri = "file://$scratchdir/$uri";
 
   subtest "With the SCM input named $name" => sub {
-    my $jobset = createJobsetWithOneInput($name, $expr, 'src', $type, $uri);
+    my $jobset = createJobsetWithOneInput($name, $expr, 'src', $type, $uri, $jobsdir);
 
     my ($mutations, $queueSize) = (0, 0);
 
diff --git a/tests/plugins/runcommand.t b/tests/plugins/runcommand.t
index de78cb83..1945e1dd 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/runcommand.t
+++ b/tests/plugins/runcommand.t
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 use feature 'unicode_strings';
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Cwd;
 use JSON;
 use Setup;
 
-(my $datadir, my $pgsql) = test_init(
+my %ctx = test_init(
     hydra_config => q|
     <runcommand>
       command = cp "$HYDRA_JSON" "$HYDRA_DATA/joboutput.json"
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ hydra_setup($db);
 my $project = $db->resultset('Projects')->create({name => "tests", displayname => "", owner => "root"});
 
 # Most basic test case, no parameters
-my $jobset = createBaseJobset("basic", "runcommand.nix");
+my $jobset = createBaseJobset("basic", "runcommand.nix", $ctx{jobsdir});
 
 ok(evalSucceeds($jobset), "Evaluating jobs/runcommand.nix should exit with return code 0");
 is(nrQueuedBuildsForJobset($jobset), 1, "Evaluating jobs/runcommand.nix should result in 1 build1");
@@ -138,4 +137,4 @@ subtest "Validate the products match" => sub {
     };
 };
 
-done_testing;
\ No newline at end of file
+done_testing;