diff --git a/test/test_helper.bash b/test/test_helper.bash
index 2eb52c62..5675a285 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.bash
+++ b/test/test_helper.bash
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export TMP="$BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/tmp"
 if [ "$FIXTURE_ROOT" != "$BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/fixtures" ]; then
   export FIXTURE_ROOT="$BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/fixtures"
   export INSTALL_ROOT="$TMP/install"
-  PATH="/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin/:/sbin:$PATH"
+  PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
   PATH="$BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/../bin:$PATH"
   PATH="$TMP/bin:$PATH"
   export PATH