diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a59aabc2c37..554694eaf5f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ check: all
 # target: eunit - Run EUnit tests, use EUNIT_OPTS to provide custom options
 eunit: export BUILDDIR = $(shell pwd)
 eunit: export ERL_AFLAGS = -config $(shell pwd)/rel/files/eunit.config
+eunit: export COUCHDB_QUERY_SERVER_JAVASCRIPT = $(shell pwd)/bin/couchjs $(shell pwd)/share/server/main.js
 eunit: couch
 	@$(REBAR) setup_eunit 2> /dev/null
 	@$(REBAR) -r eunit $(EUNIT_OPTS)