diff --git a/bin/tests/system/get_core_dumps.sh b/bin/tests/system/get_core_dumps.sh
index c0759aaa23..d4f6ec7f1b 100755
--- a/bin/tests/system/get_core_dumps.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/get_core_dumps.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if [ -n "$core_dumps" ]; then
         echoinfo "D:$systest:full backtrace from $coredump saved in $coredump_backtrace"
         "${TOP_BUILDDIR}/libtool" --mode=execute gdb \
                                   -batch \
-                                  -command=run.gdb \
+                                  -command="${TOP_SRCDIR}/bin/tests/system/run.gdb" \
                                   -core="$coredump" \
                                   -- \
                                   "$binary" > "$coredump_backtrace" 2>&1