diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 1556475..65e1117 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+include ../git/config.mak.uname
+-include ../cgit.conf
 
+SHELL_PATH ?= $(SHELL)
+SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
 
 T = $(wildcard t[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-*.sh)
 
 all: $(T)
 
 $(T):
-	@./$@ $(CGIT_TEST_OPTS)
+	@'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' $@ $(CGIT_TEST_OPTS)
 
 clean:
 	$(RM) -rf trash