diff --git a/tests/test_alpmfiles.py b/tests/test_alpmfiles.py
index 858ece1..de7c9c9 100644
--- a/tests/test_alpmfiles.py
+++ b/tests/test_alpmfiles.py
@@ -1,20 +1,45 @@
 # MIT licensed
 # Copyright (c) 2023 Pekka Ristola <pekkarr [at] protonmail [dot] com>, et al.
 
+import pathlib
 import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
 
 import pytest
 
 pytestmark = [
   pytest.mark.asyncio,
   pytest.mark.skipif(shutil.which('pacman') is None, reason='requires pacman command'),
+  pytest.mark.skipif(shutil.which('fakeroot') is None, reason='requires fakeroot command'),
 ]
 
+global temp_dir, db_path
+
+
+def setup_module(module):
+  global temp_dir, db_path
+
+  temp_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+  temp_path = pathlib.Path(temp_dir.name)
+  db_path = temp_path / 'test-db'
+
+  db_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+
+  cmd = ['fakeroot', 'pacman', '-Fy', '--dbpath', db_path]
+  subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def teardown_module(module):
+  temp_dir.cleanup()
+
+
 async def test_alpmfiles(get_version):
   assert await get_version('test', {
     'source': 'alpmfiles',
     'pkgname': 'libuv',
     'filename': 'usr/lib/libuv\\.so\\.([^.]+)',
+    'dbpath': db_path,
   }) == '1'
 
 async def test_alpmfiles_strip(get_version):
@@ -24,5 +49,5 @@ async def test_alpmfiles_strip(get_version):
     'repo': 'core',
     'filename': 'libc\\.so\\.[^.]+',
     'strip_dir': True,
-    'dbpath': '/var/lib/pacman',
+    'dbpath': db_path,
   }) == 'libc.so.6'