diff --git a/test/run-test-interactive.sh b/test/run-test-interactive.sh
index 6e1afcc0..e36fdcea 100755
--- a/test/run-test-interactive.sh
+++ b/test/run-test-interactive.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ run_test () {
   echo "*** Running el-get test $testfile interactively ***"
   mkdir -p "$TEST_HOME"/.emacs.d
   rm -rf "$TEST_HOME"/.emacs.d/el-get/
-  HOME="$TEST_HOME" "$EMACS" -Q -L "$EL_GET_LIB_DIR" -l "$testfile"
+  HOME="$TEST_HOME" "$EMACS" -Q -L "$EL_GET_LIB_DIR" \
+    -l "$EL_GET_LIB_DIR/el-get.el" -l "$testfile"
 }
 
 for t in "$@"; do