diff --git a/testsuite/tests/index/local-index-not-found/test.py b/testsuite/tests/index/local-index-not-found/test.py
index 100fcb907..a7385cbee 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/index/local-index-not-found/test.py
+++ b/testsuite/tests/index/local-index-not-found/test.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from drivers.asserts import assert_match
 
 
-for d in ('no-such-directory',
+for d in ('./no-such-directory',
           'file://no-such-directory', ):
     rm('alr-config', recursive=True)
     prepare_indexes('alr-config', '.',