1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qapplication/tst_qapplication.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qapplication/tst_qapplication.cpp
index a3b8ef78d8..60259f6beb 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qapplication/tst_qapplication.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/kernel/qapplication/tst_qapplication.cpp
@@ -1498,6 +1498,17 @@ void tst_QApplication::desktopSettingsAware()
     environment += QLatin1String("QT_MAC_DISABLE_FOREGROUND_APPLICATION_TRANSFORM=1");
     testProcess.setEnvironment(environment);
 #endif
+    // Add the executable's directory to path so that we can find the test helper next to it
+    // in a cross-platform way. We must do this because the CWD is not pointing to this directory
+    // in debug-and-release builds.
+    int argc = 0;
+    QApplication app(argc, nullptr);
+    QByteArray path = qgetenv("PATH");
+    qputenv("PATH",
+            path + QDir::listSeparator().toLatin1()
+                    + QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath().toLocal8Bit());
+    auto restore = qScopeGuard([&] { qputenv("PATH", path); });
+
     testProcess.start("desktopsettingsaware_helper");
     QVERIFY2(testProcess.waitForStarted(),
              qPrintable(QString::fromLatin1("Cannot start 'desktopsettingsaware_helper': %1").arg(testProcess.errorString())));
@@ -2452,6 +2463,17 @@ void tst_QApplication::qtbug_12673()
 #if QT_CONFIG(process)
     QProcess testProcess;
     QStringList arguments;
+    // Add the executable's directory to path so that we can find the test helper next to it
+    // in a cross-platform way. We must do this because the CWD is not pointing to this directory
+    // in debug-and-release builds.
+    int argc = 0;
+    QApplication app(argc, nullptr);
+    QByteArray path = qgetenv("PATH");
+    qputenv("PATH",
+            path + QDir::listSeparator().toLatin1()
+                    + QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath().toLocal8Bit());
+    auto restore = qScopeGuard([&] { qputenv("PATH", path); });
+
     testProcess.start("modal_helper", arguments);
     QVERIFY2(testProcess.waitForStarted(),
              qPrintable(QString::fromLatin1("Cannot start 'modal_helper': %1").arg(testProcess.errorString())));