diff --git a/test/lib/aux.sh b/test/lib/aux.sh
index 6e4a1d74e..390033d31 100644
--- a/test/lib/aux.sh
+++ b/test/lib/aux.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ create_dlm_conf() {
 			mv "$DLM_CONF" "$DLM_CONF.prelvmtest"
 		fi
 	fi
-
+	mkdir -p "$(dirname "$DLM_CONF")"
 	cp lib/test-dlm-conf "$DLM_CONF"
 	echo "created new $DLM_CONF"
 }
diff --git a/test/lib/flavour-udev-lvmlockd-dlm.sh b/test/lib/flavour-udev-lvmlockd-dlm.sh
index 198ec563b..93d7877ff 100644
--- a/test/lib/flavour-udev-lvmlockd-dlm.sh
+++ b/test/lib/flavour-udev-lvmlockd-dlm.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export LVM_TEST_LOCKING=1
 export LVM_TEST_LVMPOLLD=1
 export LVM_TEST_LVMLOCKD=1
+export LVM_TEST_LVMLOCKD_TEST=1
 export LVM_TEST_LOCK_TYPE_DLM=1
 export LVM_TEST_DEVDIR=/dev