diff --git a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
index 523d753c9..68e11b4c2 100755
--- a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
+++ b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def run_tests(test_list, src_dir, build_dir, exeext, jobs=1, enable_coverage=Fal
 
     tests_dir = src_dir + '/qa/rpc-tests/'
 
-    flags = ["--srcdir=" + src_dir] + args
+    flags = ["--srcdir={}/src".format(build_dir)] + args
     flags.append("--cachedir=%s/qa/cache" % build_dir)
 
     if enable_coverage: