diff --git a/t/db_dependent/Search.t b/t/db_dependent/Search.t
index 756174da65..52051375c7 100755
--- a/t/db_dependent/Search.t
+++ b/t/db_dependent/Search.t
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ $contextmodule->mock('preference', sub {
         return '0';
     } elsif ($pref eq 'OPACPlayMusicalInscripts') {
         return '0';
+    } elsif ($pref eq 'Reference_NFL_Statuses') {
+        return '0';
     } else {
         warn "The syspref $pref was requested but I don't know what to say; this indicates that the test requires updating"
             unless $pref =~ m/(XSLT|item|branch|holding|image)/i;
diff --git a/t/db_dependent/zebra_config.pl b/t/db_dependent/zebra_config.pl
index 6137064a85..8f962def23 100755
--- a/t/db_dependent/zebra_config.pl
+++ b/t/db_dependent/zebra_config.pl
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ make_path("$destination/var/lib/zebradb/authorities/key");
 make_path("$destination/var/lib/zebradb/authorities/register");
 make_path("$destination/var/lib/zebradb/authorities/shadow");
 make_path("$destination/var/lib/zebradb/authorities/tmp");
+make_path("$destination/var/log/koha");
 make_path("$destination/var/run/zebradb");
 
 $ENV{'INSTALL_BASE'} = $destination;
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ $ENV{'__DB_PORT__'} = C4::Context->config('port')      // '3306';
 $ENV{'__DB_USER__'} = C4::Context->config('user')      // 'kohaadmin';
 $ENV{'__DB_PASS__'} = C4::Context->config('pass')      // 'katikoan';
 
+$ENV{'__LOG_DIR__'} = "$destination/var/log/koha";
+
 my @files = (
     "$source/etc/koha-conf.xml",
     "$source/etc/log4perl.conf",