diff --git a/community/server/pom.xml b/community/server/pom.xml
index 25b7a12591a7c..07e4908c948bd 100644
--- a/community/server/pom.xml
+++ b/community/server/pom.xml
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@
           <classpathScope>test</classpathScope>
           <arguments>
             <argument>--config-dir=${basedir}/neo4j-home/conf</argument>
+            <argument>--home-dir=${basedir}/neo4j-home</argument>
           </arguments>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/enterprise/server-enterprise/pom.xml b/enterprise/server-enterprise/pom.xml
index eca30d0820390..2813f2fd5cc8e 100644
--- a/enterprise/server-enterprise/pom.xml
+++ b/enterprise/server-enterprise/pom.xml
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
           <classpathScope>test</classpathScope>
           <arguments>
             <argument>--config-dir=${basedir}/neo4j-home/conf</argument>
+            <argument>--home-dir=${basedir}/neo4j-home</argument>
           </arguments>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>