diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 4a5c46c3..33f27e2d 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Load libraries here to simulate how they live together in a real puppet run (for provider unit tests)
+$LOAD_PATH.push(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'fixtures', 'modules', 'inifile', 'lib'))
+$LOAD_PATH.push(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'fixtures', 'modules', 'openstacklib', 'lib'))
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/module_spec_helper'
 require 'shared_examples'
 require 'puppet-openstack_spec_helper/facts'
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/tempest_config/ini_setting_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/tempest_config/ini_setting_spec.rb
index 1bb15548..427cbff6 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/tempest_config/ini_setting_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/tempest_config/ini_setting_spec.rb
@@ -1,26 +1,3 @@
-$LOAD_PATH.push(
-  File.join(
-    File.dirname(__FILE__),
-    '..',
-    '..',
-    '..',
-    'fixtures',
-    'modules',
-    'inifile',
-    'lib')
-)
-$LOAD_PATH.push(
-  File.join(
-    File.dirname(__FILE__),
-    '..',
-    '..',
-    '..',
-    'fixtures',
-    'modules',
-    'openstacklib',
-    'lib')
-)
-
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 provider_class = Puppet::Type.type(:tempest_config).provider(:ini_setting)