diff --git a/src/backend/xml/test/Makefile.am b/src/backend/xml/test/Makefile.am
index a2690f8502..2c3a42952d 100644
--- a/src/backend/xml/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/backend/xml/test/Makefile.am
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ TESTS = \
   test-xml2-is-file
 
 GNC_TEST_DEPS = \
+  --gnc-module-dir ${top_builddir}/src/gnc-module \
   --gnc-module-dir ${top_builddir}/src/engine \
+  --guile-load-dir ${top_builddir}/src/gnc-module \
   --guile-load-dir ${top_builddir}/src/engine \
   --library-dir    ${top_builddir}/src/libqof/qof \
   --library-dir    ${top_builddir}/src/core-utils \