diff --git a/tests/test_ntp.py b/tests/test_ntp.py
index 0ef81b9f96c6abb96c757036ae3002a3c1c50add..f57f7ff8b6cb0b146c6ea7744d37ccb5bb4f7b63 100755
--- a/tests/test_ntp.py
+++ b/tests/test_ntp.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ if 'remote' not in ntpd_status:
 else:
     print('System is NTP synchronized')
 
+os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
 print('Checking NTP server conforms to conf')
 if os.path.isfile('../utils.py'):
     es_utils = imp.load_source('es_utils', '../utils.py')