diff --git a/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/test/CamiTKAddIntegrationTest.cmake b/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/test/CamiTKAddIntegrationTest.cmake
index 7cd4f259b6a2caa1772bb6bcacc13c7d7e190f6c..0647fa01ba2413084faae41912548ac2ec7b8325 100644
--- a/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/test/CamiTKAddIntegrationTest.cmake
+++ b/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/test/CamiTKAddIntegrationTest.cmake
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ macro(camitk_add_integration_test)
                             -DCAMITK_TEST_OUTPUT_DIR=${CAMITK_TEST_OUTPUT_DIR}
                             -DCAMITK_TEST_NAME=${CAMITK_INTEGRATION_TEST_NAME}
                             -P ${CAMITK_CMAKE_MACRO_PATH}/CamiTKTestActionStateMachine.cmake
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} # needs to be at the top of the CamiTK module repository
     )
 
     
diff --git a/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/test/CamiTKTestActionStateMachine.cmake b/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/test/CamiTKTestActionStateMachine.cmake
index b1fad2a6a557c05d5b8b2aacec1860e2c408dd2d..62338c9eef04d272bae1ed03434ffa5b144d8b63 100644
--- a/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/test/CamiTKTestActionStateMachine.cmake
+++ b/sdk/cmake/modules/macros/camitk/test/CamiTKTestActionStateMachine.cmake
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ execute_process(
   COMMAND ${CAMITK_TEST_COMMAND} ${CAMITK_TEST_COMMAND_ARG_LIST}
   RESULT_VARIABLE CAMITK_TEST_COMMAND_RESULT
   OUTPUT_VARIABLE CAMITK_TEST_COMMAND_OUTPUT
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
 )
 file(WRITE ${CAMITK_TEST_COMMAND_RESULT_FILE} ${CAMITK_TEST_COMMAND_RESULT})
 file(WRITE ${CAMITK_TEST_COMMAND_OUTPUT_FILE} ${CAMITK_TEST_COMMAND_OUTPUT})