diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 56080e5b..a6559a71 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = HYDRA_DBI="dbi:SQLite:db.sqlite" HYDRA_DATA="$(top_srcdir)/tests/data" HYDRA_HOME="$(topsrc_dir)/src"
 TESTS = \
   query-all-tables.pl
 
-$(TESTS) : db.sqlite
+$(TESTS) : db.sqlite data
 
 db.sqlite : $(top_srcdir)/src/sql/hydra-sqlite.sql
 	sqlite3 db.sqlite <  $(top_srcdir)/src/sql/hydra-sqlite.sql
 
+data :
+	mkdir -p data