diff --git a/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/configs/config.stack_functional_integration_base.js b/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/configs/config.stack_functional_integration_base.js
index a34d158496ba0..96d338a04b01b 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/configs/config.stack_functional_integration_base.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/configs/config.stack_functional_integration_base.js
@@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ import { esTestConfig, kbnTestConfig } from '@kbn/test';
 
 const reportName = 'Stack Functional Integration Tests';
 const testsFolder = '../test/functional/apps';
-const stateFilePath = '../../../../../integration-test/qa/envvars.sh';
-const prepend = (testFile) => require.resolve(`${testsFolder}/${testFile}`);
 const log = new ToolingLog({
   level: 'info',
   writeTo: process.stdout,
 });
+log.info(`WORKSPACE in config file ${process.env.WORKSPACE}`);
+const stateFilePath = process.env.WORKSPACE
+  ? `${process.env.WORKSPACE}/qa/envvars.sh`
+  : '../../../../../integration-test/qa/envvars.sh';
+
+const prepend = (testFile) => require.resolve(`${testsFolder}/${testFile}`);
 
 export default async ({ readConfigFile }) => {
   const defaultConfigs = await readConfigFile(require.resolve('../../functional/config'));