diff --git a/test/gcext/Foreign/src/Foreign.jl b/test/gcext/Foreign/src/Foreign.jl
index aaaa71ef98edc..a1ab79fab586a 100644
--- a/test/gcext/Foreign/src/Foreign.jl
+++ b/test/gcext/Foreign/src/Foreign.jl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Foreign
 
 using Libdl
 
-const foreignlib = joinpath(dirname(joinpath(@__DIR__)), "deps", "foreignlib.$(dlext)")
+const foreignlib = joinpath(ENV["BINDIR"], "foreignlib.$(dlext)")
 
 const FObj = ccall((:declare_foreign, foreignlib), Any, (Any, Any, Any), :FObj, @__MODULE__, Any)
 FObj() = ccall((:allocate_foreign, foreignlib), Any, (Ptr{Cvoid}, Csize_t, Any,), Core.getptls(), sizeof(Ptr{Cvoid}), FObj)::FObj
diff --git a/test/gcext/Makefile b/test/gcext/Makefile
index 2dcac23aaa858..2a77b76ede50d 100644
--- a/test/gcext/Makefile
+++ b/test/gcext/Makefile
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ $(BIN)/gcext$(EXE): $(SRCDIR)/gcext.c
 $(BIN)/gcext-debug$(EXE): $(SRCDIR)/gcext.c
 	$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(CPPFLAGS_ADD) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_ADD) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_ADD) $(LDFLAGS) $(DEBUGFLAGS)
 
-$(BIN)/Foreign/deps/foreignlib$(DYLIB): $(SRCDIR)/Foreign/deps/foreignlib.c
+$(BIN)/foreignlib$(DYLIB): $(SRCDIR)/Foreign/deps/foreignlib.c
 	$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(DYLIBFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS_ADD) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_ADD) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_ADD) $(LDFLAGS)
 
-$(BIN)/Foreign/deps/foreignlib-debug$(DYLIB): $(SRCDIR)/Foreign/deps/foreignlib.c
+$(BIN)/foreignlib-debug$(DYLIB): $(SRCDIR)/Foreign/deps/foreignlib.c
 	$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(DYLIBFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS_ADD) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_ADD) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_ADD) $(LDFLAGS) $(DEBUGFLAGS)
 
 ifneq ($(abspath $(BIN)),$(abspath $(SRCDIR)))
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ $(BIN)/LocalTest.jl: $(SRCDIR)/LocalTest.jl
 	cp $< $@
 endif
 
-check: $(BIN)/gcext$(EXE) $(BIN)/LocalTest.jl $(BIN)/Foreign/deps/foreignlib$(DYLIB)
-	$(JULIA) --depwarn=error $(SRCDIR)/gcext-test.jl $<
+check: $(BIN)/gcext$(EXE) $(BIN)/LocalTest.jl $(BIN)/foreignlib$(DYLIB)
+	BINDIR=$(BIN) $(JULIA) --depwarn=error $(SRCDIR)/gcext-test.jl $<
 	@echo SUCCESS
 
 clean:
 	-rm -f $(BIN)/gcext-debug$(EXE) $(BIN)/gcext$(EXE)
-	-rm -f $(BIN)/Foreign/deps/foreignlib$(DYLIB)
-	-rm -f $(BIN)/Foreign/deps/foreignlib-debug$(DYLIB)
+	-rm -f $(BIN)/foreignlib$(DYLIB)
+	-rm -f $(BIN)/foreignlib-debug$(DYLIB)
 
 .PHONY: release debug clean check