diff --git a/contrib/fwupd.spec.in b/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
index 4471e89d8..72ba30591 100644
--- a/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/fwupd.spec.in
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ BuildRequires: libarchive-devel
 BuildRequires: gobject-introspection-devel
 BuildRequires: libappstream-glib-devel >= 0.5.10
 BuildRequires: gcab
+BuildRequires: valgrind
 
 %ifarch x86_64 %{ix86} aarch64
 BuildRequires: fwupdate-devel >= 0.5
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
 
 %find_lang %{name}
 
+%check
+make check VERBOSE=1
+
 %post
 /sbin/ldconfig
 %systemd_post fwupd.service
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 7767f6ef3..541137999 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS =						\
 	-DLIBDIR=\"$(libdir)\"				\
 	-DDATADIR=\"$(datadir)\"			\
 	-DSYSCONFDIR=\""$(sysconfdir)"\"		\
-	-DLOCALSTATEDIR=\""$(localstatedir)"\"		\
 	-DVERSION="\"$(VERSION)\""			\
 	-DDAEMON_USER="\"$(daemon_user)\""		\
 	-DTESTDATADIR=\""$(top_srcdir)/data/tests"\"	\
@@ -63,6 +62,7 @@ fwupdmgr_LDFLAGS =					\
 
 fwupdmgr_CFLAGS =					\
 	-DFU_OFFLINE_DESTDIR=\"\"			\
+	-DLOCALSTATEDIR=\""$(localstatedir)"\"		\
 	$(WARNINGFLAGS_C)
 
 fu-resources.c: fwupd.gresource.xml $(dist_introspection_DATA)
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ fwupd_LDFLAGS =						\
 
 fwupd_CFLAGS =						\
 	-DFU_OFFLINE_DESTDIR=\"\"			\
+	-DLOCALSTATEDIR=\""$(localstatedir)"\"		\
 	$(WARNINGFLAGS_C)
 
 TESTS_ENVIRONMENT =					\
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ fu_self_test_LDADD =					\
 
 fu_self_test_CFLAGS =					\
 	-DFU_OFFLINE_DESTDIR=\"/tmp/fwupd-self-test\"	\
+	-DLOCALSTATEDIR=\"/tmp/fwupd-self-test/var\"	\
 	$(WARNINGFLAGS_C)
 
 install-data-hook:
diff --git a/src/fu-self-test.c b/src/fu-self-test.c
index 7af2871d6..098fb9db6 100644
--- a/src/fu-self-test.c
+++ b/src/fu-self-test.c
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ fu_provider_func (void)
 	FwupdResult *res;
 	gboolean ret;
 	guint cnt = 0;
+	g_autofree gchar *mapped_file_fn = NULL;
 	g_autofree gchar *pending_cap = NULL;
 	g_autofree gchar *pending_db = NULL;
 	g_autoptr(FuDevice) device = NULL;
@@ -211,7 +212,8 @@ fu_provider_func (void)
 			 "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000");
 
 	/* schedule an offline update */
-	mapped_file = g_mapped_file_new ("/etc/resolv.conf", FALSE, &error);
+	mapped_file_fn = fu_test_get_filename ("colorhug/firmware.bin");
+	mapped_file = g_mapped_file_new (mapped_file_fn, FALSE, &error);
 	g_assert_no_error (error);
 	g_assert (mapped_file != NULL);
 	blob_cab = g_mapped_file_get_bytes (mapped_file);