diff --git a/test/cli/suppress-syntaxError_test.py b/test/cli/suppress-syntaxError_test.py
index 16bd20a753a..9b58bf4e7c3 100644
--- a/test/cli/suppress-syntaxError_test.py
+++ b/test/cli/suppress-syntaxError_test.py
@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
 
 # python -m pytest test-suppress-syntaxError.py
 
+import os
 from testutils import cppcheck
 
+__script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
 def test_j():
-    ret, stdout, stderr = cppcheck(['-q', '--error-exitcode=1', '-j2', '-q', 'proj-suppress-syntaxError'])
+    ret, stdout, stderr = cppcheck(['-q', '--error-exitcode=1', '-j2', '-q', 'proj-suppress-syntaxError'], cwd=__script_dir)
     assert ret == 1, stdout
     assert len(stderr) > 0
 
 def test_suppress_j():
-    ret, stdout, stderr = cppcheck(['-q', '--error-exitcode=1', '--suppress=*:proj-suppress-syntaxError/*', '-j2', '-q', 'proj-suppress-syntaxError'])
+    ret, stdout, stderr = cppcheck(['-q', '--error-exitcode=1', '--suppress=*:proj-suppress-syntaxError/*', '-j2', '-q', 'proj-suppress-syntaxError'], cwd=__script_dir)
     assert ret == 0, stdout
     assert len(stderr) == 0
 
 # TODO: test with -j2
 def test_safety_suppress_syntax_error_implicitly(tmpdir):
-    ret, stdout, stderr = cppcheck(['-q', '--safety', '--suppress=*', 'proj-suppress-syntaxError', '-j1'], remove_checkers_report=False)
+    ret, stdout, stderr = cppcheck(['-q', '--safety', '--suppress=*', 'proj-suppress-syntaxError', '-j1'], remove_checkers_report=False, cwd=__script_dir)
     assert ret == 1, stdout
     assert '[syntaxError]' in stderr
     assert 'Active checkers: There was critical errors' in stderr
 
 # TODO: test with -j2
 def test_safety_suppress_syntax_error_explicitly():
-    ret, stdout, stderr = cppcheck(['-q', '--safety', '--suppress=syntaxError', 'proj-suppress-syntaxError', '-j1'], remove_checkers_report=False)
+    ret, stdout, stderr = cppcheck(['-q', '--safety', '--suppress=syntaxError', 'proj-suppress-syntaxError', '-j1'], remove_checkers_report=False, cwd=__script_dir)
     assert ret == 1, stdout
     assert '[syntaxError]' not in stderr
     assert 'Active checkers: There was critical errors' in stderr