diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index a123561d7ba..5c9d5797571 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-11-13  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.multi/multi-arch-exec.exp: Define BASEDIR when compiling.
+	* gdb.multi/multi-arch-exec.c (main): Use BASEDIR.
+
 2013-11-12  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
 	* gdb.base/fileio.exp: Make $dir2 writable after the test is done
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/multi-arch-exec.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/multi-arch-exec.c
index b32782c836f..8dcd23020a5 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/multi-arch-exec.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/multi-arch-exec.c
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 int
 main ()
 {
-  execl ("gdb.multi/multi-arch-exec-hello",
-         "gdb.multi/multi-arch-exec-hello",
+  execl (BASEDIR "/multi-arch-exec-hello",
+         BASEDIR "/multi-arch-exec-hello",
          (char *) NULL);
   perror ("execl failed");
   exit (1);
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/multi-arch-exec.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/multi-arch-exec.exp
index bd777a79e4c..de84c36c70d 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/multi-arch-exec.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.multi/multi-arch-exec.exp
@@ -49,8 +49,11 @@ if [istarget "s390*-*-*"] {
     set march2 "-m32"
 }
 
+set dirname [relative_filename [pwd] [file dirname $binfile2]]
 if { [prepare_for_testing ${testfile}.exp ${exec1} "${srcfile1}" \
-	  [list debug nowarnings additional_flags=${march1}]] } {
+	  [list debug nowarnings \
+	       additional_flags=${march1} \
+	       additional_flags=-DBASEDIR=\"$dirname\"]] } {
     return -1
 }