diff --git a/tests/core/coverage/coverage_test.go b/tests/core/coverage/coverage_test.go
index 22009b3c..7cc6e54b 100644
--- a/tests/core/coverage/coverage_test.go
+++ b/tests/core/coverage/coverage_test.go
@@ -50,8 +50,14 @@ go_library(
     name = "a",
     srcs = ["a.go"],
     importpath = "example.com/coverage/a",
-    deps = [":b"],
+    deps = [
+        ":b",
+        "@io_bazel_rules_go//go/runfiles",
+    ],
 	data = [":a_binary"],
+    x_defs = {
+        "aBinaryRlocationPath": "$(rlocationpath :a_binary)",
+    },
 )
 
 go_binary(
@@ -107,28 +113,25 @@ func main() {
 -- a_test.go --
 package a
 
-import (
-    "path/filepath"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"testing"
-)
+import "testing"
 
 func TestA(t *testing.T) {
 	ALive()
 }
 
 func TestBinary(t *testing.T) {
-	cmd := exec.Command(filepath.Join(os.Getenv("RUNFILES_DIR"), "bazel_testing", "a_binary"))
-	err := cmd.Run()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+    RunBinary()
 }
 -- a.go --
 package a
 
-import "example.com/coverage/b"
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+    "example.com/coverage/b"
+    "github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/go/runfiles"
+)
+
+var aBinaryRlocationPath string
 
 func ALive() int {
 	return b.BLive()
@@ -138,6 +141,18 @@ func ADead() int {
 	return b.BDead()
 }
 
+func RunBinary() {
+    p, err := runfiles.Rlocation(aBinaryRlocationPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command(p)
+	err = cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
+
 -- b.go --
 package b
 
@@ -219,6 +234,8 @@ func testCoverage(t *testing.T, expectedCoverMode string, extraArgs ...string) {
 		extraArgs,
 		"--instrumentation_filter=-//:b",
 		"--@io_bazel_rules_go//go/config:cover_format=go_cover",
+		"--test_output=errors",
+		"--test_env=VERBOSE_COVERAGE=1",
 		":a_test",
 	)...)