diff --git a/kayobe/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/kayobe/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index 79eaafa1c2322da80ce443eaa6eea3677a5b36e9..9afe62dad22dc6d7a7e9a27d3db5c85216fd1687 100644
--- a/kayobe/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/kayobe/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -124,8 +124,9 @@ key2: value2
         self.assertEqual(expected, utils.escape_jinja(value))
 
     def test_detect_install_prefix(self):
-        path = "/tmp/test/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages"
-        expected = os.path.normpath("/tmp/test/local/")
+        tmp_path = os.path.realpath('/tmp')
+        path = "%s/test/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages" % tmp_path
+        expected = os.path.normpath("%s/test/local/" % tmp_path)
         result = utils._detect_install_prefix(path)
         self.assertEqual(expected, os.path.normpath(result))