diff --git a/tools/travis_watchdog.sh b/tools/travis_watchdog.sh
index 364a0d7531b12..c0265da7935e9 100755
--- a/tools/travis_watchdog.sh
+++ b/tools/travis_watchdog.sh
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ case $TEST in
             printf "Running java end-to-end tests\n"
             printf "==============================================================================\n"
 
-            run_with_watchdog "$MVN_E2E"
+            run_with_watchdog "$MVN_E2E -DdistDir=$(readlink -e build-target)"
         else
             printf "\n==============================================================================\n"
             printf "Previous build failure detected, skipping java end-to-end tests.\n"