diff --git a/regression/cpp-linter/Makefile b/regression/cpp-linter/Makefile
index 77e96aaa68b..729743967e0 100644
--- a/regression/cpp-linter/Makefile
+++ b/regression/cpp-linter/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 default: tests.log
 
 test:
-	@../test.pl -p -c ../../../scripts/cpplint.py
+	@../test.pl -p -c '../../../scripts/cpplint.py --repository=../../../'
 
 tests.log: ../test.pl
-	@../test.pl -p -c ../../../scripts/cpplint.py
+	@../test.pl -p -c '../../../scripts/cpplint.py --repository=../../../'
 
 clean:
 	find . -name '*.out' -execdir $(RM) '{}' \;