diff --git a/src/locale/test-keymap-util.c b/src/locale/test-keymap-util.c
index 6f60aba38c..a5d40af448 100644
--- a/src/locale/test-keymap-util.c
+++ b/src/locale/test-keymap-util.c
@@ -190,12 +190,17 @@ static void test_x11_convert_to_vconsole(void) {
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+        _cleanup_free_ char *map = NULL;
+
         test_setup_logging(LOG_DEBUG);
 
         test_find_language_fallback();
         test_find_converted_keymap();
         test_find_legacy_keymap();
 
+        assert_se(get_testdata_dir("test-keymap-util/kbd-model-map", &map) >= 0);
+        assert_se(setenv("SYSTEMD_KBD_MODEL_MAP", map, 1) == 0);
+
         test_vconsole_convert_to_x11();
         test_x11_convert_to_vconsole();
 
diff --git a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
index 7b4df45aac..b22413029d 100644
--- a/src/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ test_include_dir = include_directories('.')
 
 path = run_command(sh, '-c', 'echo "$PATH"').stdout().strip()
 test_env = environment()
-test_env.set('SYSTEMD_KBD_MODEL_MAP', kbd_model_map)
 test_env.set('SYSTEMD_LANGUAGE_FALLBACK_MAP', language_fallback_map)
 test_env.set('PATH', project_build_root + ':' + path)
 
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index a5bfbb7462..1d63c0c038 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ if install_tests
         install_subdir('testsuite-63.units',
                        install_dir : testdata_dir)
 
+        install_data(kbd_model_map,
+                     install_dir : testdata_dir + '/test-keymap-util')
+
         testsuite08_dir = testdata_dir + '/testsuite-08.units'
         install_data('testsuite-08.units/-.mount',
                      install_dir : testsuite08_dir)
diff --git a/test/test-keymap-util/kbd-model-map b/test/test-keymap-util/kbd-model-map
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3e7c928b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-keymap-util/kbd-model-map
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../src/locale/kbd-model-map
\ No newline at end of file