1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/debian/build_virtualenv b/debian/build_virtualenv
index ed916ac97a..dd97e888ba 100755
--- a/debian/build_virtualenv
+++ b/debian/build_virtualenv
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ dh_virtualenv \
     --extras="all,systemd,test" \
     --requirements="exported_requirements.txt"
 
-PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR="debian/matrix-synapse-py3"
+PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR="$(pwd)/debian/matrix-synapse-py3"
 VIRTUALENV_DIR="${PACKAGE_BUILD_DIR}${DH_VIRTUALENV_INSTALL_ROOT}/matrix-synapse"
 TARGET_PYTHON="${VIRTUALENV_DIR}/bin/python"
 
@@ -78,9 +78,14 @@ case "$DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS" in
 
         cp -r tests "$tmpdir"
 
+        # To avoid pulling in the unbuilt Synapse in the local directory
+        pushd /
+
         PYTHONPATH="$tmpdir" \
             "${TARGET_PYTHON}" -m twisted.trial --reporter=text -j2 tests
 
+        popd
+
         ;;
 esac