diff --git a/test/src/interface/dialog.c b/test/src/interface/dialog.c
index c623bdf85f85fbb8c9ec3ec94fc3ec9d45f962e7..62b9881285addb5b3c71d63bab5fa43533372de1 100644
--- a/test/src/interface/dialog.c
+++ b/test/src/interface/dialog.c
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ main(int i_argc, char *ppsz_argv[])
         alarm(10);
 
     setenv("VLC_PLUGIN_PATH", "../modules", 1);
+    setenv("VLC_LIB_PATH", "../modules", 1);
 
     libvlc_instance_t *p_libvlc = libvlc_new(0, NULL);
     assert(p_libvlc != NULL);