diff --git a/tests/manual/debugger/simple/simple_test_app.cpp b/tests/manual/debugger/simple/simple_test_app.cpp
index 0f3da8bf302..5b38d85f3ee 100644
--- a/tests/manual/debugger/simple/simple_test_app.cpp
+++ b/tests/manual/debugger/simple/simple_test_app.cpp
@@ -2172,7 +2172,7 @@ namespace plugin {
 
     void testPlugin()
     {
-        QString dir = QDir::currentPath();
+        QString dir = QApplication::applicationDirPath();
     #ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
         QLibrary lib(dir + "/libsimple_test_plugin.so");
     #endif