diff --git a/src/tests/emotion/emotion_test_main.c b/src/tests/emotion/emotion_test_main.c
index 651deae109..3865027212 100644
--- a/src/tests/emotion/emotion_test_main.c
+++ b/src/tests/emotion/emotion_test_main.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ theme_get(void)
         is_local = (stat(PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR"/src/tests/emotion/data/theme.edj", &st) == 0);
      }
 
+   printf("\nis_local=%d %s\n\n", is_local, PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR"/src/tests/emotion/data/theme.edj");
    if (is_local)
      return PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR"/src/tests/emotion/data/theme.edj";
    else
@@ -702,6 +703,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
       ECORE_GETOPT_VALUE_NONE
     };
 
+   putenv("EFL_RUN_IN_TREE=1");
 
    if (!ecore_evas_init())
      return -1;