1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/testsuite/Testlib/TestClient/TestTools/TestPOSIX/Test__init.py b/testsuite/Testlib/TestClient/TestTools/TestPOSIX/Test__init.py
index 5242df509..14a2520df 100644
--- a/testsuite/Testlib/TestClient/TestTools/TestPOSIX/Test__init.py
+++ b/testsuite/Testlib/TestClient/TestTools/TestPOSIX/Test__init.py
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 import os
+import sys
 import lxml.etree
 from mock import Mock, MagicMock, patch
 import Bcfg2.Client.Tools
 import Bcfg2.Client.Tools.POSIX
-# python 2.5 can't import * from relative imports
-from .....common import XI_NAMESPACE, XI, inPy3k, call, builtins, u, can_skip, \
+
+# add all parent testsuite directories to sys.path to allow (most)
+# relative imports in python 2.4
+path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+while path != "/":
+    if os.path.basename(path).lower().startswith("test"):
+        sys.path.append(path)
+    if os.path.basename(path) == "testsuite":
+        break
+    path = os.path.dirname(path)
+from common import XI_NAMESPACE, XI, inPy3k, call, builtins, u, can_skip, \
     skip, skipIf, skipUnless, Bcfg2TestCase, DBModelTestCase, syncdb, \
     patchIf, datastore