1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/stress_test.rb b/tests/stress_test.rb
index 88804ba..70bf767 100755
--- a/tests/stress_test.rb
+++ b/tests/stress_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
-require './common.rb'
+# if we are being run by make check it will set srcdir and we should use it
+$LOAD_PATH << (ENV['srcdir'] || '.')
+require 'common.rb'
 require 'shellwords'
 
 if ARGV.length == 0 || ['-h', '--help'].include?(ARGV[0])