diff --git a/tests/recipes_test.py b/tests/recipes_test.py
index 8e069f0545..cfa1b018f7 100755
--- a/tests/recipes_test.py
+++ b/tests/recipes_test.py
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 
 def recipes_py(*args):
-    subprocess.check_call([os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'recipes', 'recipes.py')] +
-                          list(args))
+    recipes_cfg_path = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'infra', 'config', 'recipes.cfg')
+    subprocess.check_call([os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'recipes', 'recipes.py'),
+                           '--package', recipes_cfg_path] + list(args))
 
 
 recipes_py('test', 'run')