diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-73.sh b/test/units/testsuite-73.sh
index 2aef7c779a..191e3f77a6 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-73.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-73.sh
@@ -650,6 +650,11 @@ EOF
 
 : >/failed
 
+# Make sure the content of kbd-model-map is the one that the tests expect
+# regardless of the version intalled on the distro where the testsuite is
+# running on.
+export SYSTEMD_KBD_MODEL_MAP=/usr/lib/systemd/tests/testdata/test-keymap-util/kbd-model-map
+
 enable_debug
 test_locale
 test_vc_keymap