diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index efa1bbe3..0363193a 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ set(VAD_TEST test-vad)
 add_executable(${VAD_TEST} ${VAD_TEST}.cpp)
 target_include_directories(${VAD_TEST} PRIVATE ../include ../ggml/include ../examples)
 target_link_libraries(${VAD_TEST} PRIVATE common)
+target_compile_definitions(${VAD_TEST} PRIVATE
+    VAD_MODEL_PATH="${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/models/for-tests-silero-v5.1.2-ggml.bin"
+    SAMPLE_PATH="${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/samples/jfk.wav")
 add_test(NAME ${VAD_TEST} COMMAND ${VAD_TEST})
 set_tests_properties(${VAD_TEST} PROPERTIES LABELS "unit")
 
@@ -101,5 +104,9 @@ set(VAD_TEST test-vad-full)
 add_executable(${VAD_TEST} ${VAD_TEST}.cpp)
 target_include_directories(${VAD_TEST} PRIVATE ../include ../ggml/include ../examples)
 target_link_libraries(${VAD_TEST} PRIVATE common)
+target_compile_definitions(${VAD_TEST} PRIVATE
+    WHISPER_MODEL_PATH="${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/models/ggml-base.en.bin"
+    VAD_MODEL_PATH="${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/models/for-tests-silero-v5.1.2-ggml.bin"
+    SAMPLE_PATH="${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/samples/jfk.wav")
 add_test(NAME ${VAD_TEST} COMMAND ${VAD_TEST})
-set_tests_properties(${VAD_TARGET} PROPERTIES LABELS "base;en")
+set_tests_properties(${VAD_TEST} PROPERTIES LABELS "base;en")
diff --git a/tests/test-vad-full.cpp b/tests/test-vad-full.cpp
index 9eac11ed..3bba36b1 100644
--- a/tests/test-vad-full.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-vad-full.cpp
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 #include <cassert>
 
 int main() {
-    std::string whisper_model_path = "../../models/ggml-base.en.bin";
-    std::string vad_model_path     = "../../models/for-tests-silero-v5.1.2-ggml.bin";
-    std::string sample_path        = "../../samples/jfk.wav";
+    std::string whisper_model_path = WHISPER_MODEL_PATH;
+    std::string vad_model_path     = VAD_MODEL_PATH;
+    std::string sample_path        = SAMPLE_PATH;
 
     // Load the sample audio file
     std::vector<float> pcmf32;
diff --git a/tests/test-vad.cpp b/tests/test-vad.cpp
index e6886e31..535721c8 100644
--- a/tests/test-vad.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-vad.cpp
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ struct whisper_vad_segments * test_detect_timestamps(
 }
 
 int main() {
-    std::string vad_model_path = "../../models/for-tests-silero-v5.1.2-ggml.bin";
-    std::string sample_path    = "../../samples/jfk.wav";
+    std::string vad_model_path = VAD_MODEL_PATH;
+    std::string sample_path    = SAMPLE_PATH;
 
     // Load the sample audio file
     std::vector<float> pcmf32;