diff --git a/tests/cc/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/cc/CMakeLists.txt
index 677867d7dad3..8ad8fdb89cf4 100644
--- a/tests/cc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/cc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 add_test(NAME c_test_static COMMAND ${TEST_WRAPPER} c_test_static sudo ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_static)
+add_compile_options(-DCMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR="${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-unused-result -fPIC")
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wno-unused-result -fPIC")
diff --git a/tests/cc/test_c_api.cc b/tests/cc/test_c_api.cc
index d5b3cfeb337a..21a44025cf74 100644
--- a/tests/cc/test_c_api.cc
+++ b/tests/cc/test_c_api.cc
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 #include "catch.hpp"
 
+
 using namespace std;
 
 static pid_t spawn_child(void *, bool, bool, int (*)(void *));
@@ -495,7 +496,8 @@ struct mod_search {
 };
 
 TEST_CASE("searching for modules in /proc/[pid]/maps", "[c_api][!mayfail]") {
-  FILE *dummy_maps = fopen("dummy_proc_map.txt", "r");
+  std::string dummy_maps_path = CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR + std::string("/dummy_proc_map.txt");
+  FILE *dummy_maps = fopen(dummy_maps_path.c_str(), "r");
   REQUIRE(dummy_maps != NULL);
 
   SECTION("name match") {