diff --git a/test/functionalTest/mosquittoConf/mosquitto.conf b/test/functionalTest/mosquittoConf/mosquitto.conf
index 8f9b736394..5b602fad8c 100644
--- a/test/functionalTest/mosquittoConf/mosquitto.conf
+++ b/test/functionalTest/mosquittoConf/mosquitto.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #password_file /etc/mosquitto/passwd
+password_file mosquitto/config/passwordfile
 allow_anonymous true