diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 350bffc315..d98a090c32 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ if (NOT WIN32 OR NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     llama_build_and_test(test-grammar-parser.cpp)
     llama_build_and_test(test-grammar-integration.cpp)
     llama_build_and_test(test-llama-grammar.cpp)
-    llama_build_and_test(test-chat.cpp)
+    llama_build_and_test(test-chat.cpp WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
     # TODO: disabled on loongarch64 because the ggml-ci node lacks Python 3.8
     if (NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "loongarch64")
         llama_build_and_test(test-json-schema-to-grammar.cpp   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})