diff --git a/haskell/run-bindtests b/haskell/run-bindtests
index f9ea43478..7b45145bc 100755
--- a/haskell/run-bindtests
+++ b/haskell/run-bindtests
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 set -e
 
 ./Bindtests > bindtests.tmp
-diff -u ../bindtests bindtests.tmp
+diff -u ${srcdir}/../bindtests bindtests.tmp
diff --git a/inspector/Makefile.am b/inspector/Makefile.am
index 03e13d825..2389dbd14 100644
--- a/inspector/Makefile.am
+++ b/inspector/Makefile.am
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ stamp-virt-inspector.pod: virt-inspector.pod
 if HAVE_XMLLINT
 
 TESTS = $(EXAMPLE_XML)
-TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = $(XMLLINT) --noout --relaxng virt-inspector.rng
+TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = $(XMLLINT) --noout --relaxng $(srcdir)/virt-inspector.rng
 
 endif
 
diff --git a/java/run-bindtests b/java/run-bindtests
index b80c4dc5b..7e6eb7f49 100755
--- a/java/run-bindtests
+++ b/java/run-bindtests
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 set -e
 
 $JAVA -Djava.library.path=.libs Bindtests > bindtests.tmp
-diff -u ../bindtests bindtests.tmp
+diff -u ${srcdir}/../bindtests bindtests.tmp
diff --git a/ocaml/run-bindtests b/ocaml/run-bindtests
index 5200fecf4..d9a30470c 100755
--- a/ocaml/run-bindtests
+++ b/ocaml/run-bindtests
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 set -e
 
 ./bindtests > bindtests.tmp
-diff -u ../bindtests bindtests.tmp
+diff -u ${srcdir}/../bindtests bindtests.tmp
diff --git a/perl/run-bindtests b/perl/run-bindtests
index d9d1ca382..f9cf23129 100755
--- a/perl/run-bindtests
+++ b/perl/run-bindtests
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ set -e
 
 export PERL5LIB=$(pwd)/blib/lib:$(pwd)/blib/arch
 perl bindtests.pl > bindtests.tmp
-diff -u ../bindtests bindtests.tmp
+diff -u ${srcdir}/../bindtests bindtests.tmp
diff --git a/python/run-bindtests b/python/run-bindtests
index 17448c3b5..08a24e6fd 100755
--- a/python/run-bindtests
+++ b/python/run-bindtests
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 
 set -e
 
-python bindtests.py > bindtests.tmp
-diff -u ../bindtests bindtests.tmp
+python ${srcdir}/bindtests.py > bindtests.tmp
+diff -u ${srcdir}/../bindtests bindtests.tmp
diff --git a/ruby/run-bindtests b/ruby/run-bindtests
index 803d4c6ff..3bfa226d5 100755
--- a/ruby/run-bindtests
+++ b/ruby/run-bindtests
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 set -e
 
 ruby -Ilib -Iext/guestfs bindtests.rb > bindtests.tmp
-diff -u ../bindtests bindtests.tmp
+diff -u ${srcdir}/../bindtests bindtests.tmp