diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index a6953fc..f6359c0 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ require "active_support/notifications"
 
 ENV["RACK_ENV"] = "test"
 
+ENV["ES_PATH"] ||= "#{ENV["HOME"]}/elasticsearch/#{ENV["ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION"]}" if ENV["TRAVIS"]
+
 $logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(ENV["VERBOSE"] ? STDOUT : nil)
 
 Searchkick.client.transport.logger = $logger
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