diff --git a/tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh b/tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh
index 5ac8cdc718..0255075fb1 100644
--- a/tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-pack-relocatable.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ guix pack -RR python-numpy python-scipy --no-grafts -n
 # Check that packages that mix executable and support files (e.g. git) in the
 # "binary" directories still work after wrapped.
 cat >"$test_directory/manifest.scm" <<'EOF'
-(use-modules (guix) (guix profiles)
+(use-modules (guix) (guix profiles) (guix search-paths)
              (gnu packages bootstrap))
 (manifest
  (list (manifest-entry
@@ -154,12 +154,22 @@ cat >"$test_directory/manifest.scm" <<'EOF'
 			  `(("bin/hello"
 			     ,(program-file
                                "hello"
-                               #~(begin (display (load "../libexec/msg"))(newline))
+			       #~(begin
+				   (add-to-load-path (getenv "HELLO_EXEC_PATH"))
+				   (display (load-from-path "msg"))(newline))
                                #:guile %bootstrap-guile))
-			    ("libexec/msg"
-			     ,(plain-file "msg" "42"))))))))
+			    ("libexec/hello/msg"
+			     ,(plain-file "msg" "42")))))
+	(search-paths
+	 (list (search-path-specification
+		(variable "HELLO_EXEC_PATH")
+		(files '("libexec/hello"))
+		(separator #f)))))))
 EOF
 tarball="`guix pack -RR -S /opt= -m $test_directory/manifest.scm`"
 (cd "$test_directory"; tar xvf "$tarball")
-run_without_store "$test_directory/opt/bin/hello" > "$test_directory/output"
+( export GUIX_PROFILE=$test_directory/opt
+  . $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile
+  run_without_store "$test_directory/opt/bin/hello" > "$test_directory/output" )
+cat "$test_directory/output"
 test "`cat $test_directory/output`" = "42"