diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5ab6184c..13debe22 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -784,7 +784,8 @@ dnl Create output
 dnl
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile doc/Makefile util/Makefile
                  po/Makefile.in tests/Makefile
-                 lib/Makefile testenv/Makefile])
+                 lib/Makefile testenv/Makefile
+                 tests/certs/interca.conf tests/certs/rootca.conf])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/config.h])
 AC_OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/tests/certs/interca.conf b/tests/certs/interca.conf.in
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/certs/interca.conf
rename to tests/certs/interca.conf.in
index f5cd0c3c..5bf28fd7 100644
--- a/tests/certs/interca.conf
+++ b/tests/certs/interca.conf.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ issuerAltName=issuer:copy
 authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid:always
 
  [ myca ]
- dir = ./certs/
+ dir = @abs_srcdir@
  new_certs_dir = ./
  unique_subject = no
  certificate = interca.crt
diff --git a/tests/certs/rootca.conf b/tests/certs/rootca.conf.in
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/certs/rootca.conf
rename to tests/certs/rootca.conf.in
index 49836941..ab6e8af3 100644
--- a/tests/certs/rootca.conf
+++ b/tests/certs/rootca.conf.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ issuerAltName=issuer:copy
 authorityKeyIdentifier=keyid:always
 
  [ myca ]
- dir = ./certs/
+ dir = @abs_srcdir@
  new_certs_dir = ./
  unique_subject = no
  certificate = $dir/test-ca-cert.pem