diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index 66cd60b5592..690a4a82361 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ NSPAWN_TIMEOUT="${NSPAWN_TIMEOUT:-infinity}"
 TIMED_OUT=  # will be 1 after run_* if *_TIMEOUT is set and test timed out
 [[ "$LOOKS_LIKE_SUSE" ]] && FSTYPE="${FSTYPE:-btrfs}" || FSTYPE="${FSTYPE:-ext4}"
 UNIFIED_CGROUP_HIERARCHY="${UNIFIED_CGROUP_HIERARCHY:-default}"
-EFI_MOUNT="$(bootctl -x 2>/dev/null || echo /boot)"
+EFI_MOUNT="${EFI_MOUNT:-$(bootctl -x 2>/dev/null || echo /boot)}"
 QEMU_MEM="${QEMU_MEM:-512M}"
 
 # Decide if we can (and want to) run QEMU with KVM acceleration.