diff --git a/x11-terms/kitty/kitty-0.7.1-r2.ebuild b/x11-terms/kitty/kitty-0.7.1-r2.ebuild
index c5b756238174c..7e802319abcb7 100644
--- a/x11-terms/kitty/kitty-0.7.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/x11-terms/kitty/kitty-0.7.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ src_compile() {
 }
 
 src_test() {
+	export KITTY_CONFIG_DIRECTORY=${T}
 	"${EPYTHON}" test.py || die
 }