diff --git a/tests/test_runscript.py b/tests/test_runscript.py
index 808fc0cd6..a5067d001 100644
--- a/tests/test_runscript.py
+++ b/tests/test_runscript.py
@@ -95,8 +95,13 @@ def test_prints_nothing_for_script_without_run(self):
 class ChangingDirectoryTests(RunScriptTests):
     def setUp(self):
         super(ChangingDirectoryTests, self).setUp()
+        self.curwd = os.getcwd()
         os.chdir(project_path)
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super(ChangingDirectoryTests, self).setUp()
+        os.chdir(self.curwd)
+
     def _execute_script_with_chdir(self, dir_policy, start_path, expected_path, chdir=None):
         os.chdir(os.path.join(project_path, *start_path))
         expected_path = os.path.join(project_path, *expected_path)