diff --git a/TESTS_ENVIRONMENT.in b/TESTS_ENVIRONMENT.in
index e9e1ba95..8f9a7e71 100644
--- a/TESTS_ENVIRONMENT.in
+++ b/TESTS_ENVIRONMENT.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export srcdir
 top_builddir=`dirname $0`
 export top_builddir
 
-builddir=`pwd`
+builddir=`pwd -P`
 export builddir
 
 test_dir="@abssrcdir@/test"