diff --git a/src/modules/module_makefile b/src/modules/module_makefile
index 5365c36aa5dafa9bb5d3bfab8689c95d4502c779..f9ee1dc1ce37d2fecd660c4aace9ac54161c31eb 100644
--- a/src/modules/module_makefile
+++ b/src/modules/module_makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ depend:
 
 #verify / debug
 module_testsuite: $(SRCDIR)/testsuite.in
-	$(TMP_BINDIR)/mktestsuite $(SRCDIR)/testsuite.in >module_testsuite
+	$(TMP_BINDIR)/mktestsuite $(SRCDIR)/testsuite.in >module_testsuite -DSRCDIR=$(SRCDIR) 
 
 verify: module_testsuite
 	$(RUNPIKE) $(TMP_BINDIR)/test_pike.pike module_testsuite