diff --git a/src/tests/unit_tests/systempath_tests.cpp b/src/tests/unit_tests/systempath_tests.cpp
index 335640684..ce12321fd 100644
--- a/src/tests/unit_tests/systempath_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/unit_tests/systempath_tests.cpp
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ UTEST( SystemPath, workingDirectoryRoundTripsUnicode ) {
 	TemporaryWorkingDirectory temp;
 	ASSERT_TRUE( temp.created );
 	ASSERT_TRUE( temp.changed );
-	EXPECT_STDSTREQ( temp.path, FileSystem::getCurrentWorkingDirectory() );
+	EXPECT_STDSTREQ( FileSystem::getRealPath( temp.path ),
+					 FileSystem::getCurrentWorkingDirectory() );
 }