diff --git a/src/bootstrap/test.rs b/src/bootstrap/test.rs
index 8b8b38b15098f170b5d43f820c68567e4035d21a..1850d60f139c993e249c74647dcad48dd27e5894 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/test.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/test.rs
@@ -415,6 +415,10 @@ fn run(self, builder: &Builder<'_>) {
             cargo.env("RUSTC_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS", "false");
             // Debug things.
             cargo.env("RUST_BACKTRACE", "1");
+            // Configure `cargo install` path, and let cargo-miri know that that's where
+            // xargo ends up.
+            cargo.env("CARGO_INSTALL_ROOT", &builder.out); // cargo adds a `bin/`
+            cargo.env("XARGO", builder.out.join("bin").join("xargo"));
 
             if !try_run(builder, &mut cargo) {
                 return;