diff --git a/test/test_file.rb b/test/test_file.rb
index 56ded7f9..af36b07c 100644
--- a/test/test_file.rb
+++ b/test/test_file.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[helper])
+# ~*~ encoding: utf-8 ~*~
+path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "helper") 
+require File.expand_path(path)
 
 context "File" do
   setup do
diff --git a/test/test_git_access.rb b/test/test_git_access.rb
index ceb24cc6..4334bdfe 100644
--- a/test/test_git_access.rb
+++ b/test/test_git_access.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[helper])
+# ~*~ encoding: utf-8 ~*~
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "helper"))
 
 context "GitAccess" do
   setup do
diff --git a/test/test_markup.rb b/test/test_markup.rb
index 892685af..098b9512 100644
--- a/test/test_markup.rb
+++ b/test/test_markup.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[helper])
+# ~*~ encoding: utf-8 ~*~
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "helper"))
 
 context "Markup" do
   setup do
diff --git a/test/test_page.rb b/test/test_page.rb
index 4769d143..e7e5f8c5 100644
--- a/test/test_page.rb
+++ b/test/test_page.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # ~*~ encoding: utf-8 ~*~
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[helper])
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "helper"))
 
 context "Page" do
   setup do
diff --git a/test/test_page_revert.rb b/test/test_page_revert.rb
index eb964b98..9b32401d 100644
--- a/test/test_page_revert.rb
+++ b/test/test_page_revert.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # ~*~ encoding: utf-8 ~*~
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[helper])
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "helper"))
 
 context "Page Reverting" do
   setup do
diff --git a/test/test_wiki.rb b/test/test_wiki.rb
index fde5580b..b4766ca2 100644
--- a/test/test_wiki.rb
+++ b/test/test_wiki.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[helper])
+# ~*~ encoding: utf-8 ~*~
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "helper"))
 
 context "Wiki" do
   setup do