diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/HWPFDocFixture.java b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/HWPFDocFixture.java
index abee2dbb5..dd6a0ffe3 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/HWPFDocFixture.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/HWPFDocFixture.java
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ public class HWPFDocFixture
   {
     try
     {
+
+      String filename = System.getProperty("HSSF.testdata.path");
+
+      filename = filename + "/test.doc";
+
+
       POIFSFileSystem filesystem = new POIFSFileSystem(new FileInputStream(
         "C:\\test.doc"));