diff --git a/api/sixtyfps-cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 06355f7a5..304f33c93 100644
--- a/api/sixtyfps-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/api/sixtyfps-cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,5 +136,6 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
 
     add_executable(api_tests tests/tests.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(api_tests PRIVATE SixtyFPS Catch2::Catch2)
-    add_test(api_tests api_tests)
+    add_test(api_tests ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/api_tests)
+    set_property(TEST api_tests PROPERTY WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
 endif()