diff --git a/test/integration/runtests.lua b/test/integration/runtests.lua
index fef6f12c4..1957c6efd 100644
--- a/test/integration/runtests.lua
+++ b/test/integration/runtests.lua
@@ -17,13 +17,34 @@ function getTests(testset)
   return (io.popen("ls " .. testset .. "/*.lua"):lines())
 end
 
+local function file_exists(name)
+    local f=io.open(name,"r")
+    if f~=nil then io.close(f) return true else return false end
+end
+
+local function find_in_path(file)
+    local env_path = os.getenv("PATH")
+    local paths = string.gmatch(env_path, "[^:]+")
+    for path in paths do
+        local fullfilename = path .. '/' .. file
+        if file_exists(fullfilename) then
+            return fullfilename
+        end
+    end
+    return false
+end
+
 print('Running tests against ' .. basedir .. 'notion/notion')
-print 'Starting Xorg dummy...'
 
 local xpid = posix.fork()
 if (xpid == 0) then
+    local xorg_binary = find_in_path("Xorg")
+    if xorg_binary == false then
+        print('Error launching Xorg dummy, Xorg binary not found')
+    end
+    print('Starting Xorg dummy: ' .. xorg_binary)
     local result,errstr,errno = posix.exec("/usr/bin/Xorg", "-noreset", "+extension", "GLX", "+extension", "RANDR", "+extension", "RENDER", "-logfile", "./10.log", "-config", "./xorg.conf", ":7")
-    print('Error replacing current process with Xorg dummy: ' .. errstr);
+    print('Error replacing current process with Xorg dummy: ' .. errstr)
     os.exit(1)
 end