diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index ddee02ad3..47b44acb6 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ $ENV{'CURL_ENTROPY'}="12345678";
 $ENV{'CURL_FORCETIME'}=1; # for debug NTLM magic
 $ENV{'CURL_GLOBAL_INIT'}=1; # debug curl_global_init/cleanup use
 $ENV{'HOME'}=$pwd;
+$ENV{'CURL_HOME'}=$ENV{'HOME'};
+$ENV{'XDG_CONFIG_HOME'}=$ENV{'HOME'};
 $ENV{'COLUMNS'}=79; # screen width!
 
 sub catch_zap {