diff --git a/hack/make/test-unit b/hack/make/test-unit
index 0666a6c82a..91a853309b 100644
--- a/hack/make/test-unit
+++ b/hack/make/test-unit
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ go_run_test_dir() {
 		echo
 		echo '+ go test' $TESTFLAGS "github.com/dotcloud/docker${dir#.}"
 		precompiled="$DEST/precompiled/$dir.test"
-		if ! "$precompiled"; then
+		if ! ( cd "$dir" && "$precompiled" ); then
 			TESTS_FAILED+=("$dir")
 			echo
 			echo "${RED}Tests failed: $dir${TEXTRESET}"