diff --git a/utils/test/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 6808b86fe..9eb9d310e 100644
--- a/utils/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# Create Data directory for test input config and symlink all files
+list( APPEND utils_test_input
+  testinput/gdas_meanioda.yaml
+)
+
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/testinput)
+CREATE_SYMLINK( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${utils_test_input} )
+
 # Test example IODA utility that computes the mean of a variable
 ecbuild_add_test( TARGET  test_gdasapp_util_ioda_example
                   COMMAND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/gdas_meanioda.x
diff --git a/utils/test/testinput/gdas_meanioda.yaml b/utils/test/testinput/gdas_meanioda.yaml
index a904f2a86..fc390d829 100644
--- a/utils/test/testinput/gdas_meanioda.yaml
+++ b/utils/test/testinput/gdas_meanioda.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ obs space:
   obsdatain:
     engine:
       type: H5File
-      obsfile: Data/ufo/testinput_tier_1/instruments/radiance/amsua_n19_obs_2020110112_m.nc4
+      obsfile: ../../ufo-data/testinput_tier_1/instruments/radiance/amsua_n19_obs_2020110112_m.nc4
   simulated variables: [brightnessTemperature]
   observed variables: [brightnessTemperature]
 group: ObsValue