diff --git a/tests/bash_test/utils.py b/tests/bash_test/utils.py
index ead606fe..c5d08f71 100644
--- a/tests/bash_test/utils.py
+++ b/tests/bash_test/utils.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import shutil
 import subprocess
 
 
-# TODO: Read the configuration from ../suite.conf
+# The configuration parameters for bash test
+# The function configure_suite() in system_tests.py will override these parameters
 EXIV2_DIR = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(__file__), '../../../'))
 BIN_DIR = os.path.join(EXIV2_DIR, 'build/bin')
 DATA_DIR = os.path.join(EXIV2_DIR, 'test/data')
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ def runTest(cmd, vars_dict, expected_returncodes=[0], encoding='utf-8'):
     try:
         cmd     = cmd.format(**vars_dict)
         args    = shlex.split(cmd)
-        args[0] = os.path.join(BIN_DIR, args[0] + BIN_SUFFIX)
+        args[0] = os.path.join(BIN_DIR, args[0])
         p       = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, cwd=TEST_DIR)
         stdout  = p.communicate()[0]
         output  = stdout.decode(encoding).rstrip('\n')
diff --git a/tests/system_tests.py b/tests/system_tests.py
index cc4f3bf1..d37af969 100644
--- a/tests/system_tests.py
+++ b/tests/system_tests.py
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ def configure_suite(config_file):
             _parameters["timeout"] *= config.getfloat(
                 "General", "memcheck_timeout_penalty", fallback=20.0
             )
+    
+    # Configure the parameters for bash test
+    utils.BIN_DIR = os.path.abspath(config['ENV']['exiv2_path'])
+    utils.DATA_DIR = os.path.abspath(config['paths']['data_path'])
+    utils.TEST_DIR = os.path.abspath(config['paths']['tmp_path'])
 
 
 class FileDecoratorBase(object):
@@ -969,3 +974,4 @@ def check_no_ASAN_UBSAN_errors(self, i, command, got_stderr, expected_stderr):
 
     self.assertNotIn(UBSAN_MSG, got_stderr)
     self.assertNotIn(ASAN_MSG, got_stderr)
+