diff --git a/CI/ci-linux-prepare.sh b/CI/ci-linux-prepare.sh
index afe15d6f..5e3a930e 100755
--- a/CI/ci-linux-prepare.sh
+++ b/CI/ci-linux-prepare.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MAKE_OPTIONS=""
 BUILDPATH=""
 
 # set GTEST path
-OPTIONS="-DGTEST_ROOT= ~/sw/gtest-1.10.0/"
+OPTIONS="-DGTEST_ROOT=~/sw/gtest-1.10.0/lib/cmake/"
 
 if [ "$COMPILER" == "gcc" ]; then
   echo "Building with GCC";