diff --git a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/pom.xml b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/pom.xml
index c09dee7c03f..24325dcbbe0 100644
--- a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -429,6 +429,9 @@
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+          <systemPropertyVariables>
+            <mavenRepoPath>${settings.localRepository}</mavenRepoPath>
+          </systemPropertyVariables>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestJettyOSGiBootContextAsService.java b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestJettyOSGiBootContextAsService.java
index 99bbce570f0..f06a77d34b1 100644
--- a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestJettyOSGiBootContextAsService.java
+++ b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestJettyOSGiBootContextAsService.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class TestJettyOSGiBootContextAsService
     @Configuration
     public static Option[] configure()
     {
-        ArrayList<Option> options = new ArrayList<Option>();
+        ArrayList<Option> options = new ArrayList<>();
         options.add(CoreOptions.junitBundles());
         options.addAll(TestOSGiUtil.configureJettyHomeAndPort(false, "jetty-http-boot-context-as-service.xml"));
         options.add(CoreOptions.bootDelegationPackages("org.xml.sax", "org.xml.*", "org.w3c.*", "javax.xml.*"));
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public class TestJettyOSGiBootContextAsService
         options.add(mavenBundle().groupId("org.eclipse.jetty.osgi").artifactId("test-jetty-osgi-context").versionAsInProject().start());
         options.add(systemProperty("org.ops4j.pax.logging.DefaultServiceLog.level").value(LOG_LEVEL));
         options.add(systemProperty("org.eclipse.jetty.LEVEL").value(LOG_LEVEL));
+        options.add( systemProperty( "org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.localRepository" ).value( System.getProperty( "mavenRepoPath" ) ) );
         
         return options.toArray(new Option[options.size()]);
     }
diff --git a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestOSGiUtil.java b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestOSGiUtil.java
index 6a74435bbed..123438a98d9 100644
--- a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestOSGiUtil.java
+++ b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestOSGiUtil.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class TestOSGiUtil
     public static List<Option> coreJettyDependencies()
     {
         List<Option> res = new ArrayList<>();
-        
+        res.add( systemProperty( "org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.localRepository" ).value( System.getProperty( "mavenRepoPath" ) ) );
         res.add(mavenBundle().groupId( "org.ow2.asm" ).artifactId( "asm" ).versionAsInProject().start());
         res.add(mavenBundle().groupId( "org.ow2.asm" ).artifactId( "asm-commons" ).versionAsInProject().start());
         res.add(mavenBundle().groupId( "org.ow2.asm" ).artifactId( "asm-tree" ).versionAsInProject().start());