diff --git a/test/test_restconf_internal.sh b/test/test_restconf_internal.sh
index 4eb894f0..78382002 100755
--- a/test/test_restconf_internal.sh
+++ b/test/test_restconf_internal.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ cat <<EOF > $cfg
   <CLICON_BACKEND_PIDFILE>/usr/local/var/$APPNAME/$APPNAME.pidfile</CLICON_BACKEND_PIDFILE>
   <CLICON_XMLDB_DIR>$dir</CLICON_XMLDB_DIR>
   <CLICON_MODULE_LIBRARY_RFC7895>true</CLICON_MODULE_LIBRARY_RFC7895>
+  <CLICON_RESTCONF_INSTALLDIR>/usr/local/sbin</CLICON_RESTCONF_INSTALLDIR>
   <!-- start restconf from backend -->
   <CLICON_BACKEND_RESTCONF_PROCESS>true</CLICON_BACKEND_RESTCONF_PROCESS>
 </clixon-config>
diff --git a/test/test_restconf_internal_usecases.sh b/test/test_restconf_internal_usecases.sh
index f57c7cf9..446bf26f 100755
--- a/test/test_restconf_internal_usecases.sh
+++ b/test/test_restconf_internal_usecases.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ cat <<EOF > $cfg
   <CLICON_BACKEND_PIDFILE>/usr/local/var/$APPNAME/$APPNAME.pidfile</CLICON_BACKEND_PIDFILE>
   <CLICON_XMLDB_DIR>$dir</CLICON_XMLDB_DIR>
   <CLICON_MODULE_LIBRARY_RFC7895>true</CLICON_MODULE_LIBRARY_RFC7895>
+  <CLICON_RESTCONF_INSTALLDIR>/usr/local/sbin</CLICON_RESTCONF_INSTALLDIR>
   <!-- start restconf from backend -->
   <CLICON_BACKEND_RESTCONF_PROCESS>true</CLICON_BACKEND_RESTCONF_PROCESS>
 </clixon-config>