diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
index 682cbe4..432d1ad 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-tests/hyracks-storage-am-rtree-test/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <properties>
+      <root.dir>${basedir}/../../..</root.dir>
+  </properties>
+
   <dependencies>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hyracks</groupId>