diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am.inc b/tests/Makefile.am.inc
index b902a799..56fb5dbc 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am.inc
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am.inc
@@ -22,12 +22,11 @@ testlibrary_LDADD = \
              $(NULL)
 testlibrary_SOURCES = tests/testlibrary.c
 
-httpcache_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(BASE_CFLAGS) $(OSTREE_CFLAGS) $(SOUP_CFLAGS) $(JSON_CFLAGS) $(APPSTREAM_GLIB_CFLAGS) \
+tests_httpcache_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(BASE_CFLAGS) $(OSTREE_CFLAGS) $(SOUP_CFLAGS) $(JSON_CFLAGS) $(APPSTREAM_GLIB_CFLAGS) \
 	-DFLATPAK_COMPILATION \
         -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\"
-httpcache_LDADD = $(AM_LDADD) $(BASE_LIBS) $(OSTREE_LIBS) $(SOUP_LIBS) $(JSON_LIBS) $(APPSTREAM_GLIB_LIBS) \
+tests_httpcache_LDADD = $(AM_LDADD) $(BASE_LIBS) $(OSTREE_LIBS) $(SOUP_LIBS) $(JSON_LIBS) $(APPSTREAM_GLIB_LIBS) \
 	libglnx.la libflatpak-common.la
-httpcache_SOURCES = tests/httpcache.c
 
 tests/services/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.service: session-helper/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.service.in
 	mkdir -p tests/services
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ dist_test_scripts = \
 	$(NULL)
 
 test_programs = testlibrary
-test_extra_programs = httpcache
+test_extra_programs = tests/httpcache
 
 @VALGRIND_CHECK_RULES@
 VALGRIND_SUPPRESSIONS_FILES=tests/flatpak.supp tests/glib.supp
diff --git a/tests/test-http-utils.sh b/tests/test-http-utils.sh
index ad7599d3..1f46cee3 100755
--- a/tests/test-http-utils.sh
+++ b/tests/test-http-utils.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ assert_result() {
     remote=$2
     local=$3
 
-    out=`httpcache $compressed "http://localhost:$port$remote" $local || :`
+    out=`${test_builddir}/httpcache $compressed "http://localhost:$port$remote" $local || :`
 
     case "$out" in
 	$test_string*)