diff --git a/test/pacman/pmtest.py b/test/pacman/pmtest.py
index c7bda9c1..d48c03f1 100644
--- a/test/pacman/pmtest.py
+++ b/test/pacman/pmtest.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def __init__(self, name, root):
                 "--config", self.configfile(),
                 "--root", self.rootdir(),
                 "--dbpath", self.dbdir(),
+                "--hookdir", self.hookdir(),
                 "--cachedir", self.cachedir()]
 
     def __str__(self):
@@ -306,4 +307,7 @@ def rootdir(self):
     def cachedir(self):
         return os.path.join(self.root, util.PM_CACHEDIR)
 
+    def hookdir(self):
+        return os.path.join(self.root, util.PM_HOOKDIR)
+
 # vim: set ts=4 sw=4 et:
diff --git a/test/pacman/util.py b/test/pacman/util.py
index 2e643cc6..aa9c63f7 100644
--- a/test/pacman/util.py
+++ b/test/pacman/util.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 PM_LOCK     = "var/lib/pacman/db.lck"
 PM_CACHEDIR = "var/cache/pacman/pkg"
 PM_EXT_PKG  = ".pkg.tar.gz"
+PM_HOOKDIR  = "etc/pacman.d/hooks"
 
 # Pacman
 PACCONF     = "etc/pacman.conf"