diff --git a/t/t9150-svk-mergetickets.sh b/t/t9150-svk-mergetickets.sh
index 53581425c4b5cd8e7b35b41605511d52d005e8d6..24c2421bfc1acd7248fc8094ad76096f12579992 100755
--- a/t/t9150-svk-mergetickets.sh
+++ b/t/t9150-svk-mergetickets.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ test_expect_success 'load svk depot' "
 	svnadmin load -q '$rawsvnrepo' \
 	  < '$TEST_DIRECTORY/t9150/svk-merge.dump' &&
 	git svn init --minimize-url -R svkmerge \
+	  --rewrite-root=http://svn.example.org \
 	  -T trunk -b branches '$svnrepo' &&
 	git svn fetch --all
 	"
diff --git a/t/t9151-svn-mergeinfo.sh b/t/t9151-svn-mergeinfo.sh
index 16408244d25a91a7593c06e0fe9efa4fee66ffe5..250c651eaecf60103ee442bcfa2a6c65250320ec 100755
--- a/t/t9151-svn-mergeinfo.sh
+++ b/t/t9151-svn-mergeinfo.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ test_expect_success 'load svn dump' "
 	svnadmin load -q '$rawsvnrepo' \
 	  < '$TEST_DIRECTORY/t9151/svn-mergeinfo.dump' &&
 	git svn init --minimize-url -R svnmerge \
+	  --rewrite-root=http://svn.example.org \
 	  -T trunk -b branches '$svnrepo' &&
 	git svn fetch --all
 	"