diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
index 78de2fcfd0..bb4ac23ebf 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/wic.py
@@ -1678,21 +1678,28 @@ INITRAMFS_IMAGE = "core-image-initramfs-boot"
         testfile.write("test")
         testfile.close()
 
-        with NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix=".wks") as wks:
-            wks.writelines(['part / --source extra_partition --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label foo --align 4 --size 5M\n',
-                            'part / --source extra_partition --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --uuid e7d0824e-cda3-4bed-9f54-9ef5312d105d --align 4 --size 5M\n',
-                            'part / --source extra_partition --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label bar --align 4 --size 5M\n'])
-            wks.flush()
-            _, wicimg = self._get_wic(wks.name)
+        oldpath = os.environ['PATH']
+        os.environ['PATH'] = get_bb_var("PATH", "wic-tools")
 
-            result = runCmd("wic ls %s | wc -l" % wicimg)
-            self.assertEqual('4', result.output, msg="Expect 3 partitions, not %s" % result.output)
+        try:
+            with NamedTemporaryFile("w", suffix=".wks") as wks:
+                wks.writelines(['part / --source extra_partition --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label foo --align 4 --size 5M\n',
+                                'part / --source extra_partition --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --uuid e7d0824e-cda3-4bed-9f54-9ef5312d105d --align 4 --size 5M\n',
+                                'part / --source extra_partition --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label bar --align 4 --size 5M\n'])
+                wks.flush()
+                _, wicimg = self._get_wic(wks.name)
 
-            for part, file in enumerate(["foo.conf", "foobar.conf", "bar.conf"]):
-                result = runCmd("wic ls %s:%d | grep -q \"%s\"" % (wicimg, part + 1, file))
-                self.assertEqual(0, result.status, msg="File '%s' not found in the partition #%d" % (file, part))
+                result = runCmd("wic ls %s | wc -l" % wicimg)
+                self.assertEqual('4', result.output, msg="Expect 3 partitions, not %s" % result.output)
 
-        self.remove_config(config)
+                for part, file in enumerate(["foo.conf", "foobar.conf", "bar.conf"]):
+                    result = runCmd("wic ls %s:%d | grep -q \"%s\"" % (wicimg, part + 1, file))
+                    self.assertEqual(0, result.status, msg="File '%s' not found in the partition #%d" % (file, part))
+
+            self.remove_config(config)
+
+        finally:
+            os.environ['PATH'] = oldpath
 
     def test_fs_types(self):
         """Test filesystem types for empty and not empty partitions"""