diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 344cef21..8a5b364d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@ limitations under the License.
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.9</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <systemPropertyVariables>
+            <test.build.data>${project.build.outputDirectory}</test.build.data>
+            <java.io.tmpdir>${project.build.outputDirectory}</java.io.tmpdir>
+            <sqoop.src.dir>${project.build.outputDirectory}</sqoop.src.dir>
+            <sqoop.test.import.rootDir>${project.build.outputDirectory}</sqoop.test.import.rootDir>
+          </systemPropertyVariables>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/src/java/com/cloudera/sqoop/util/AppendUtils.java b/src/java/com/cloudera/sqoop/util/AppendUtils.java
index d365e838..219ba3d7 100644
--- a/src/java/com/cloudera/sqoop/util/AppendUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/com/cloudera/sqoop/util/AppendUtils.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class AppendUtils {
 
   private static final SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORM = new SimpleDateFormat(
       "ddHHmmssSSS");
-  private static final String TEMP_IMPORT_ROOT = "_sqoop";
+  private static final String TEMP_IMPORT_ROOT = System.getProperty( "sqoop.test.import.rootDir", "_sqoop");
 
   private static final int PARTITION_DIGITS = 5;
   private static final String FILEPART_SEPARATOR = "-";
diff --git a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/mapreduce/TestImportJob.java b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/mapreduce/TestImportJob.java
index 81d59366..deff3e18 100644
--- a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/mapreduce/TestImportJob.java
+++ b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/mapreduce/TestImportJob.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ public void testFailedImportDueToIOException() throws IOException {
 
     Configuration conf = new Configuration();
 
+    LogFactory.getLog( getClass() ).info( " getWarehouseDir() " + getWarehouseDir() );
+
     // Make the output dir exist so we know the job will fail via IOException.
     Path outputPath = new Path(new Path(getWarehouseDir()), getTableName());
     FileSystem fs = FileSystem.getLocal(conf);