diff --git a/tests/check/Makefile.am b/tests/check/Makefile.am
index 345db5c53d..b9248ef10f 100644
--- a/tests/check/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/check/Makefile.am
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ coverage-report:
 check:
 if HAVE_NOSETESTS
 if WITH_PYTHON
-	${NOSETESTS} --verbose $(top_srcdir)/tests/check/python/test_*.py
+	GI_TYPELIB_PATH=$(top_srcdir)/ges/:${GI_TYPELIB_PATH} LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(top_srcdir)/ges/.libs:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} ${NOSETESTS} --verbose $(top_srcdir)/tests/check/python/test_*.py
 
 check-python:
-	${NOSETESTS} --verbose $(top_srcdir)/tests/check/python/test_*.py
+	GI_TYPELIB_PATH=$(top_srcdir)/ges/:${GI_TYPELIB_PATH} LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(top_srcdir)/ges/.libs:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} ${NOSETESTS} --verbose $(top_srcdir)/tests/check/python/test_*.py
 endif
 endif