diff --git a/test/helpers.bash b/test/helpers.bash
index 0024dcf5..ac30f22d 100644
--- a/test/helpers.bash
+++ b/test/helpers.bash
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ fi
 CRIO_SOCKET="$TESTDIR/crio.sock"
 CRIO_CONFIG="$TESTDIR/crio.conf"
 CRIO_CNI_CONFIG="$TESTDIR/cni/net.d/"
-CRIO_CNI_PLUGIN="/opt/cni/bin/"
+CRIO_CNI_PLUGIN=${CRIO_CNI_PLUGIN:-/opt/cni/bin/}
 POD_CIDR="10.88.0.0/16"
 POD_CIDR_MASK="10.88.*.*"
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ function start_crio() {
 	"$COPYIMG_BINARY" --root "$TESTDIR/crio" $STORAGE_OPTS --runroot "$TESTDIR/crio-run" --image-name=mrunalp/image-volume-test --import-from=dir:"$ARTIFACTS_PATH"/image-volume-test-image --add-name=docker.io/library/mrunalp/image-volume-test --signature-policy="$INTEGRATION_ROOT"/policy.json
 	"$COPYIMG_BINARY" --root "$TESTDIR/crio" $STORAGE_OPTS --runroot "$TESTDIR/crio-run" --image-name=busybox:latest --import-from=dir:"$ARTIFACTS_PATH"/busybox-image --add-name=docker.io/library/busybox:latest --signature-policy="$INTEGRATION_ROOT"/policy.json
 	"$COPYIMG_BINARY" --root "$TESTDIR/crio" $STORAGE_OPTS --runroot "$TESTDIR/crio-run" --image-name=runcom/stderr-test:latest --import-from=dir:"$ARTIFACTS_PATH"/stderr-test --add-name=docker.io/runcom/stderr-test:latest --signature-policy="$INTEGRATION_ROOT"/policy.json
-	"$CRIO_BINARY" ${HOOKS_OPTS} --conmon "$CONMON_BINARY" --listen "$CRIO_SOCKET" --cgroup-manager "$CGROUP_MANAGER" --registry "docker.io" --runtime "$RUNTIME_BINARY" --root "$TESTDIR/crio" --runroot "$TESTDIR/crio-run" $STORAGE_OPTS --seccomp-profile "$seccomp" --apparmor-profile "$apparmor" --cni-config-dir "$CRIO_CNI_CONFIG" --signature-policy "$INTEGRATION_ROOT"/policy.json --image-volumes "$IMAGE_VOLUMES" --pids-limit "$PIDS_LIMIT" --log-size-max "$LOG_SIZE_MAX_LIMIT" --config /dev/null config >$CRIO_CONFIG
+	"$CRIO_BINARY" ${HOOKS_OPTS} --conmon "$CONMON_BINARY" --listen "$CRIO_SOCKET" --cgroup-manager "$CGROUP_MANAGER" --registry "docker.io" --runtime "$RUNTIME_BINARY" --root "$TESTDIR/crio" --runroot "$TESTDIR/crio-run" $STORAGE_OPTS --seccomp-profile "$seccomp" --apparmor-profile "$apparmor" --cni-config-dir "$CRIO_CNI_CONFIG" --cni-plugin-dir "$CRIO_CNI_PLUGIN" --signature-policy "$INTEGRATION_ROOT"/policy.json --image-volumes "$IMAGE_VOLUMES" --pids-limit "$PIDS_LIMIT" --log-size-max "$LOG_SIZE_MAX_LIMIT" --config /dev/null config >$CRIO_CONFIG
 
 	# Prepare the CNI configuration files, we're running with non host networking by default
 	if [[ -n "$4" ]]; then