diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 1c92e3ca6f..31a22ebefd 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -573,7 +573,8 @@ qemuxml2argvmock_la_LIBADD = $(MOCKLIBS_LIBS)
 
 qemuxml2xmltest_SOURCES = \
 	qemuxml2xmltest.c testutilsqemu.c testutilsqemu.h \
-	testutils.c testutils.h
+	testutils.c testutils.h \
+	virfilewrapper.c virfilewrapper.h
 qemuxml2xmltest_LDADD = $(qemu_LDADDS)
 
 qemumonitorjsontest_SOURCES = \
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 525eb9a740..e67f1c7460 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 # include "qemu/qemu_domain.h"
 # include "testutilsqemu.h"
 # include "virstring.h"
+# include "virfilewrapper.h"
+# include "configmake.h"
 
 # define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_NONE
 
@@ -167,6 +169,15 @@ mymain(void)
 
     setenv("LIBVIRT_FAKE_ROOT_DIR", fakerootdir, 1);
 
+    /* Required for tpm-emulator tests
+     */
+    virFileWrapperAddPrefix(SYSCONFDIR "/qemu/firmware",
+                            abs_srcdir "/qemufirmwaredata/etc/qemu/firmware");
+    virFileWrapperAddPrefix(PREFIX "/share/qemu/firmware",
+                            abs_srcdir "/qemufirmwaredata/usr/share/qemu/firmware");
+    virFileWrapperAddPrefix("/home/user/.config/qemu/firmware",
+                            abs_srcdir "/qemufirmwaredata/home/user/.config/qemu/firmware");
+
     if (qemuTestDriverInit(&driver) < 0)
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
@@ -1325,6 +1336,7 @@ mymain(void)
     virHashFree(capslatest);
     qemuTestDriverFree(&driver);
     VIR_FREE(fakerootdir);
+    virFileWrapperClearPrefixes();
 
     return ret == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
 }