diff --git a/tests/tests.xml b/tests/tests.xml
index a251d0c5..33d6819a 100644
--- a/tests/tests.xml
+++ b/tests/tests.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <suite name="nemo-qml-plugins-calendar-qt5-tests" domain="mw">
     <set name="unit-tests" feature="calendar mw">
        <case manual="false" name="calendarmanager">
-         <step>/usr/sbin/run-blts-root /bin/su $USER -g privileged -c /opt/tests/nemo-qml-plugins-qt5/calendar/tst_calendarmanager</step>
+         <step>SQLITESTORAGEDB=/tmp/testdb /usr/sbin/run-blts-root /bin/su $USER -g privileged -c /opt/tests/nemo-qml-plugins-qt5/calendar/tst_calendarmanager</step>
        </case>
      </set>
   </suite>