diff --git a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
index 14725248cef..07625ad38c1 100644
--- a/src/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/meson.build
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ path = run_command(sh, '-c', 'echo "$PATH"').stdout().strip()
 test_env = environment()
 test_env.set('SYSTEMD_KBD_MODEL_MAP', kbd_model_map)
 test_env.set('SYSTEMD_LANGUAGE_FALLBACK_MAP', language_fallback_map)
-test_env.set('PATH', '@0@:@1@'.format(meson.build_root(), path))
+test_env.set('PATH', project_build_root + ':' + path)
 
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