diff --git a/test/fuzz/test_runner.py b/test/fuzz/test_runner.py
index cb5e1a710ef..558d63e85cb 100755
--- a/test/fuzz/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/fuzz/test_runner.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def main():
         logging.error("Must have fuzz executable built")
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    fuzz_bin=os.path.join(config["environment"]["BUILDDIR"], 'src', 'test', 'fuzz', 'fuzz')
+    fuzz_bin=os.getenv("BITCOINFUZZ", default=os.path.join(config["environment"]["BUILDDIR"], 'src', 'test', 'fuzz', 'fuzz'))
 
     # Build list of tests
     test_list_all = parse_test_list(