diff --git a/test/xml/unit_python.xml b/test/xml/unit_python.xml
index 7ec0585b30..341a812fb5 100644
--- a/test/xml/unit_python.xml
+++ b/test/xml/unit_python.xml
@@ -392,10 +392,10 @@
 
   <!-- Invokes Python pickle logic to read NUMPY text data -->
   <test name="python_numpy_plot_data_plane_pickle">
-    <exec>&MET_BIN;/plot_data_plane</exec>
+    <exec>export PATH=&ANACONDA_BIN;:${PATH}; \
+          &MET_BIN;/plot_data_plane</exec>
     <env>
        <pair><name>MET_PYTHON_EXE</name> <value>&MET_PYTHON_EXE;</value></pair>
-       <pair><name>PATH</name>           <value>&ANACONDA_BIN;</value></pair>
     </env>
     <param> \
       PYTHON_NUMPY \