diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 3d961fd11660e572766dc26923459156c5bfef55..cc3c8cf7d72773ee87e927f191d5a46fba6ccfbf 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const string = []const u8;
 const deps = @import("./deps.zig");
 
 pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
@@ -12,6 +13,10 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     });
     deps.addAllTo(test_exe);
 
+    const build_options = b.addOptions();
+    build_options.addOption(string, "JSONTestSuite_root", deps.dirs._bebdygynna6k ++ "/test_parsing");
+    test_exe.root_module.addImport("build_options", build_options.createModule());
+
     const test_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(test_exe);
     test_cmd.has_side_effects = true;
     test_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
diff --git a/test.zig b/test.zig
index 5c14d037a43261a019079cbb6c5016231a81212c..417cbf2125442c6ecfe6f9bbbfd2773134de3a80 100644
--- a/test.zig
+++ b/test.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const json = @import("json");
+const build_options = @import("build_options");
+const JSONTestSuite_root = build_options.JSONTestSuite_root;
 
 fn parse_full(buffer: []const u8) !void {
     const alloc = std.testing.allocator;
@@ -258,8 +260,6 @@ test {
     );
 }
 
-const JSONTestSuite_root = ".zigmod/deps/v/git/github.com/nst/JSONTestSuite/commit-984defc2deaa653cb73cd29f4144a720ec9efe7c/test_parsing";
-
 fn expectPass(path: []const u8) !void {
     const alloc = std.testing.allocator;
     var file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(path, .{});