diff --git a/e2fsprogs-1.44.1-tests_use_mke2fs_and_debugfs_from_the_build_tree.patch b/e2fsprogs-1.44.1-tests_use_mke2fs_and_debugfs_from_the_build_tree.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa24918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2fsprogs-1.44.1-tests_use_mke2fs_and_debugfs_from_the_build_tree.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+tests: use mke2fs and debugfs from the build tree
+
+The tests f_bigalloc_badinode and f_bigalloc_orphan_list were not
+using the version of mke2fs and debugfs from the build tree, and if
+mke2fs and debugfs are not in the user's PATH, these tests would fail.
+Fix this.
+
+Reported-by: Somchai Smythe <buraphalinuxserver@xxxxxxxxx>
+Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
+--
+
+diff --git a/tests/f_bigalloc_badinode/script b/tests/f_bigalloc_badinode/script
+index 9113e9c..e58910f 100644
+--- a/tests/f_bigalloc_badinode/script
++++ b/tests/f_bigalloc_badinode/script
+@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ TEST_DATA="$test_name.tmp"
+ dd if=$TEST_BITS of=$TEST_DATA bs=4k count=2 seek=1> /dev/null 2>&1
+ 
+ touch $TMPFILE
+-mke2fs -Fq -t ext4 -O bigalloc -C 16384 $TMPFILE 1M > /dev/null 2>&1
+-debugfs -w $TMPFILE << EOF > /dev/null 2>&1
++$MKE2FS -Fq -t ext4 -O bigalloc -C 16384 $TMPFILE 1M > /dev/null 2>&1
++$DEBUGFS -w $TMPFILE << EOF > /dev/null 2>&1
+ write $TEST_DATA testfile
+ set_inode_field testfile i_mode 0120000
+ quit
+diff --git a/tests/f_bigalloc_orphan_list/script b/tests/f_bigalloc_orphan_list/script
+index 1508bf1..af9d753 100644
+--- a/tests/f_bigalloc_orphan_list/script
++++ b/tests/f_bigalloc_orphan_list/script
+@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ TEST_DATA="$test_name.tmp"
+ dd if=$TEST_BITS of=$TEST_DATA bs=28k count=1 > /dev/null 2>&1
+ 
+ touch $TMPFILE
+-mke2fs -Fq -t ext4 -O bigalloc $TMPFILE 1M > /dev/null 2>&1
+-debugfs -w $TMPFILE << EOF > /dev/null 2>&1
++$MKE2FS -Fq -t ext4 -O bigalloc $TMPFILE 1M > /dev/null 2>&1
++$DEBUGFS -w $TMPFILE << EOF > /dev/null 2>&1
+ write $TEST_DATA testfile
+ set_inode_field testfile links_count 0
+ set_inode_field testfile bmap[0] 0
diff --git a/e2fsprogs.spec b/e2fsprogs.spec
index 8c6b3c4..e50ab9f 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs.spec
+++ b/e2fsprogs.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Source1: ext2_types-wrapper.h
 Source2: e2fsck.conf
 
 Patch1: e2fsprogs-1.40.4-sb_feature_check_ignore.patch
+Patch2: e2fsprogs-1.44.1-tests_use_mke2fs_and_debugfs_from_the_build_tree.patch
 
 Url: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/
 Requires: e2fsprogs-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -150,6 +151,8 @@ It was originally inspired by the Multics SubSystem library.
 # mildly unsafe but 'til I get something better, avoid full fsck
 # after an selinux install...
 %patch1 -p1 -b .featurecheck
+# tests: use mke2fs and debugfs from the build tree
+%patch2 -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -331,6 +334,7 @@ exit 0
 %changelog
 * Mon Apr 04 2018 Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com> 1.44.1-1
 - New upstream release
+- tests: use mke2fs and debugfs from the build tree
 
 * Mon Mar 12 2018 Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com> 1.44.0-2
 - e2fsck: fix endianness problem when reading htree nodes