diff --git a/t/data/test.crt b/t/data/test.crt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a69a011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/data/test.crt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIICqTCCAhICCQClDm1WkreW4jANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCBlzELMAkGA1UEBhMC
+VVMxEzARBgNVBAgMCkNhbGlmb3JuaWExFjAUBgNVBAcMDVNhbiBGcmFuY2lzY28x
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+FLg8zFOzRlYiU+6Mmw==
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/t/data/test.key b/t/data/test.key
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c13527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/data/test.key
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIICXgIBAAKBgQDo/XzNS+2ZopArbF4/LxlsXBLJMvD6Nbq315lqJN5zxfeJs31Z
+6avEfORNGKTE/dwBCghNG5mJC8XhDsM7rAyTP9vTPB+Bfm550arTjsAk/qf+bCUM
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+eBWYEDpSJ7rsfqT7mQQgWj7nDThdG/nK1TxGP71McBmg0Gg2dfkLRhVJRQqt74Is
+kc9V4Rp4n6F6baL4Lh19AkEA6pZZer0kg3Kv9hjhaITIKUYdfIp9vYnDRWbQlBmR
+atV8V9u9q2ETZvqfHpN+9Lu6NYR4yXIEIRf1bnIZ/mr9eQ==
+-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/t/ssl.t b/t/ssl.t
index 4f25841..4b55b5a 100644
--- a/t/ssl.t
+++ b/t/ssl.t
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ result: \{"affected_rows":0,"insert_id":0,"server_status":2,"warning_count":[01]
 === TEST 2: send query w/o result set (verify)
 --- http_config eval: $::HttpConfig
 --- config
-    lua_ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/test.crt;  # assuming used by the MySQL server
+    lua_ssl_trusted_certificate ../../data/test.crt;  # assuming used by the MySQL server
     location /t {
         content_by_lua '
             local mysql = require "resty.mysql"