diff --git a/hoot-core-test/src/test/cpp/hoot/core/test/ConflateCaseTestSuite.cpp b/hoot-core-test/src/test/cpp/hoot/core/test/ConflateCaseTestSuite.cpp
index 58705de..a363824 100644
--- a/hoot-core-test/src/test/cpp/hoot/core/test/ConflateCaseTestSuite.cpp
+++ b/hoot-core-test/src/test/cpp/hoot/core/test/ConflateCaseTestSuite.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include <hoot/core/test/ConflateCaseTest.h>
#include <hoot/core/util/HootException.h>
#include <hoot/core/util/Log.h>
+#include <hoot/core/util/ConfPath.h>
// Qt
#include <QDir>
@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ void ConflateCaseTestSuite::loadDir(const QString& dir, QStringList confs)
}
else
{
+ // We require that all tests use Testing.conf. We want to load it first in order to give each
+ // test a chance to override it when necessary.
+ confs.prepend(ConfPath::search("Testing.conf"));
+
addTest(new ConflateCaseTest(d, confs));
_numTests++;
}