diff --git a/tools/test-runner.c b/tools/test-runner.c
index 9b54426..fb8f7e2 100644
--- a/tools/test-runner.c
+++ b/tools/test-runner.c
@@ -419,6 +419,10 @@ static void create_dbus_system_conf(void)
 
 	fclose(fp);
 
+	if (symlink("/etc/dbus-1/system.conf",
+				"/usr/share/dbus-1/system.conf") < 0)
+		perror("Failed to create system.conf symlink");
+
 	mkdir("/run/dbus", 0755);
 }