diff --git a/tests/server/rtspd.c b/tests/server/rtspd.c
index 9d6a58b9a3..bf0acce1ed 100644
--- a/tests/server/rtspd.c
+++ b/tests/server/rtspd.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     else if(!strcmp("--srcdir", argv[arg])) {
       arg++;
       if(argc > arg) {
-        path = argv[arg];
+        srcpath = argv[arg];
         arg++;
       }
     }
diff --git a/tests/server/sws.c b/tests/server/sws.c
index ef3d126a64..df73f69257 100644
--- a/tests/server/sws.c
+++ b/tests/server/sws.c
@@ -2123,7 +2123,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     else if(!strcmp("--srcdir", argv[arg])) {
       arg++;
       if(argc > arg) {
-        path = argv[arg];
+        srcpath = argv[arg];
         arg++;
       }
     }
diff --git a/tests/server/tftpd.c b/tests/server/tftpd.c
index 8fca655990..8b63ca2f4e 100644
--- a/tests/server/tftpd.c
+++ b/tests/server/tftpd.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     else if(!strcmp("--srcdir", argv[arg])) {
       arg++;
       if(argc > arg) {
-        path = argv[arg];
+        srcpath = argv[arg];
         arg++;
       }
     }
diff --git a/tests/server/util.c b/tests/server/util.c
index 5bca95a1b8..de25857498 100644
--- a/tests/server/util.c
+++ b/tests/server/util.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ const char *sstrerror(int err)
 #endif  /* _WIN32 */
 
 /* set by the main code to point to where the test dir is */
-const char *path = ".";
+const char *srcpath = ".";
 
 FILE *test2fopen(long testno, const char *logdir2)
 {
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ FILE *test2fopen(long testno, const char *logdir2)
     return stream;
 
   /* then try the source version */
-  msnprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/data/test%ld", path, testno);
+  msnprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/data/test%ld", srcpath, testno);
   stream = fopen(filename, "rb");
 
   return stream;
diff --git a/tests/server/util.h b/tests/server/util.h
index 9be412216a..aac31b6256 100644
--- a/tests/server/util.h
+++ b/tests/server/util.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ unsigned char byteval(char *value);
 #define SERVERLOGS_LOCKDIR "lock"  /* within logdir */
 
 /* global variables */
-extern const char *path;  /* where to find the 'data' dir */
+extern const char *srcpath;  /* where to find the 'data' dir */
 extern const char *pidname;
 extern const char *portname;
 extern const char *serverlogfile;  /* log file name */