diff --git a/avocado/core/varianter.py b/avocado/core/varianter.py
index ae6d9041042628bc290b24a5906b44dc141fa5f5..92ceced6b6e0a779cee51d06ff4ce7053228b623 100644
--- a/avocado/core/varianter.py
+++ b/avocado/core/varianter.py
@@ -631,4 +631,4 @@ class Varianter(object):
         else:   # No variants, use template
             yield {"variant": self._default_params.get_leaves(),
                    "variant_id": None,
-                   "mux_path": "/run"}
+                   "mux_path": ["/run/*"]}
diff --git a/selftests/functional/test_basic.py b/selftests/functional/test_basic.py
index 468b7d57b46c02c13b5fcf7a485f2f92212d5548..d36f850d6ce0db2b65a064171487a1a64ef236dc 100644
--- a/selftests/functional/test_basic.py
+++ b/selftests/functional/test_basic.py
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ class RunnerOperationTest(unittest.TestCase):
         cmd_line = ('%s run --sysinfo=off --job-results-dir %s '
                     'passtest.py passtest.py' % (AVOCADO, self.tmpdir))
         process.run(cmd_line)
+        # Also check whether jobdata contains correct mux_path
+        variants = open(os.path.join(self.tmpdir, "latest", "jobdata",
+                        "variants.json")).read()
+        self.assertIn('["/run/*"]', variants, "mux_path stored in jobdata "
+                      "does not contains [\"/run/*\"]\n%s" % variants)
 
     def test_runner_failfast(self):
         os.chdir(basedir)
diff --git a/selftests/functional/test_multiplex.py b/selftests/functional/test_multiplex.py
index 94383d2dc28f9eda70e208629952450527152618..d112bf4e49d3eba2ddb62dcfdda2eacc09eea29d 100644
--- a/selftests/functional/test_multiplex.py
+++ b/selftests/functional/test_multiplex.py
@@ -78,13 +78,25 @@ class MultiplexTests(unittest.TestCase):
                     % (AVOCADO, self.tmpdir))
         expected_rc = exit_codes.AVOCADO_ALL_OK
         self.run_and_check(cmd_line, expected_rc, (4, 0))
+        # Also check whether jobdata contains correct mux_path
+        variants = open(os.path.join(self.tmpdir, "latest", "jobdata",
+                        "variants.json")).read()
+        self.assertIn('["/run/*"]', variants, "mux_path stored in jobdata "
+                      "does not contains [\"/run/*\"]\n%s" % variants)
 
     def test_run_mplex_doublepass(self):
         cmd_line = ('%s run --job-results-dir %s --sysinfo=off '
                     'passtest.py passtest.py -m '
-                    'examples/tests/sleeptest.py.data/sleeptest.yaml'
+                    'examples/tests/sleeptest.py.data/sleeptest.yaml '
+                    '--mux-path /foo/\\* /bar/\\* /baz/\\*'
                     % (AVOCADO, self.tmpdir))
         self.run_and_check(cmd_line, exit_codes.AVOCADO_ALL_OK, (8, 0))
+        # Also check whether jobdata contains correct mux_path
+        variants = open(os.path.join(self.tmpdir, "latest", "jobdata",
+                        "variants.json")).read()
+        exp = '["/foo/*", "/bar/*", "/baz/*"]'
+        self.assertIn(exp, variants, "mux_path stored in jobdata "
+                      "does not contains %s\n%s" % (exp, variants))
 
     def test_run_mplex_failtest(self):
         cmd_line = ('%s run --job-results-dir %s --sysinfo=off '