diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ce7a13cefa..1cadbd220a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -655,10 +655,11 @@ ifeq ($(RUN_GPU_TESTS),1)
 		-u 0 \
 		-v $(shell realpath ./run_unit_tests.sh):/ovms/./run_unit_tests.sh \
 		-v $(shell realpath ${GPU_MODEL_PATH}):/ovms/src/test/face_detection_adas/1:ro \
-		-v $(shell realpath ${TEST_LLM_PATH}):/ovms/src/test/llm_testing:ro \
+		-v $(shell realpath ${TEST_LLM_PATH}):${TEST_LLM_PATH}:ro \
 		-e https_proxy=${https_proxy} \
 		-e RUN_TESTS=1 \
 		-e RUN_GPU_TESTS=$(RUN_GPU_TESTS) \
+		-e TEST_LLM_PATH=${TEST_LLM_PATH} \
 		-e JOBS=$(JOBS) \
 		-e debug_bazel_flags=${BAZEL_DEBUG_FLAGS} \
 		$(OVMS_CPP_DOCKER_IMAGE)-build:$(OVMS_CPP_IMAGE_TAG)$(IMAGE_TAG_SUFFIX) \
@@ -672,10 +673,11 @@ else
 	docker run \
 		--name $(OVMS_CPP_IMAGE_TAG)$(IMAGE_TAG_SUFFIX) \
 		-v $(shell realpath ./run_unit_tests.sh):/ovms/./run_unit_tests.sh \
-		-v $(shell realpath ${TEST_LLM_PATH}):/ovms/src/test/llm_testing:ro \
+		-v $(shell realpath ${TEST_LLM_PATH}):${TEST_LLM_PATH}:ro \
 		-e https_proxy=${https_proxy} \
 		-e RUN_TESTS=1 \
 		-e JOBS=$(JOBS) \
+		-e TEST_LLM_PATH=${TEST_LLM_PATH} \
 		-e debug_bazel_flags=${BAZEL_DEBUG_FLAGS} \
 		$(OVMS_CPP_DOCKER_IMAGE)-build:$(OVMS_CPP_IMAGE_TAG)$(IMAGE_TAG_SUFFIX) \
 		./run_unit_tests.sh ;\
diff --git a/src/test/llm/llmnode_test.cpp b/src/test/llm/llmnode_test.cpp
index e3a4fbbbff..bee95cc9a4 100644
--- a/src/test/llm/llmnode_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/llm/llmnode_test.cpp
@@ -3698,18 +3698,27 @@ class LLMOptionsHttpTestPython : public ::testing::Test {
     static void SetUpTestSuite() { py::initialize_interpreter(); }
     static void TearDownTestSuite() { py::finalize_interpreter(); }
 #endif
+public:
+    static const char* getModelPath(std::string defaultValue) {
+        const char* testLlmPathEnv = std::getenv("TEST_LLM_PATH");
+        if (testLlmPathEnv != nullptr && std::strlen(testLlmPathEnv) > 0) {
+            return testLlmPathEnv;
+        } else {
+            return defaultValue.c_str();
+        }
+    }
 };
 
 class LLMOptionsHttpTest : public LLMOptionsHttpTestPython {
 public:
     std::string modelsPath;
-    void SetUp() { modelsPath = "/ovms/src/test/llm_testing/facebook/opt-125m"; }
+    void SetUp() { modelsPath = getModelPath("/ovms/src/test/llm_testing/facebook/opt-125m"); }
 };
 
 class LLMVLMOptionsHttpTest : public LLMOptionsHttpTestPython {
 public:
     std::string modelsPath;
-    void SetUp() { modelsPath = "/ovms/src/test/llm_testing/OpenGVLab/InternVL2-1B"; }
+    void SetUp() { modelsPath = getModelPath("/ovms/src/test/llm_testing/OpenGVLab/InternVL2-1B"); }
 };
 
 void TestLLMNodeOptionsCheckDefault(std::string& modelsPath) {