diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 21808c7..f3ed09f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ config.status
 configure
 stamp-vti
 stow.info
-t/target/
 version.texi
 lib/Stow.pm
 doc/stow.8
@@ -20,3 +19,4 @@ doc/stow.html
 stamp-vti
 MYMETA.json
 MYMETA.yml
+tmp-testing-trees/
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 916c82f..7419305 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -11,37 +11,74 @@ dist_pmstow_DATA = lib/Stow/Util.pm
 
 TEXINFO_TEX = doc/texinfo.tex
 export TEXI2DVI_BUILD_MODE = clean
+AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS = -I $(srcdir)
 
-DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST = default-ignore-list
+# We require this -I parameter to ensure that the include of the
+# default ignore list in the manual works.  Unfortunately this is
+# the only way to do it:
+#
+#   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.bugs/4334/match=passing+parameters
+#
+# even though it annoyingly produces a warning with the -Wall option
+# to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE which has to be silenced via -Wno-override.
+TEXI2DVI = texi2dvi $(AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS)
 
-TESTS_ENVIRONMENT=$(PERL) -I $(top_srcdir)
-TESTS = \
-	t/cleanup_invalid_links.t  \
-	t/defer.t                  \
-	t/examples.t               \
-	t/find_stowed_path.t       \
-	t/foldable.t               \
-	t/ignore.t                 \
-	t/parent.t                 \
-	t/stow_contents.t          \
-	t/stow.t                   \
-	t/unstow_contents_orig.t   \
-	t/unstow_contents.t 	   \
-	t/chkstow.t
+DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST = $(srcdir)/default-ignore-list
+
+TESTS_DIR = $(srcdir)/t
+TESTS_OUT = tmp-testing-trees
+TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = $(PERL) -I$(srcdir)/bin -I$(srcdir)/lib -I$(TESTS_DIR)
+
+# This is a kind of hack; TESTS needs to be set to ensure that the
+# `check-am' target makes check-TESTS, but we override check-TESTS
+# so it doesn't really matter what it's set to, as long as it already
+# exists (otherwise automake will try to build it).
+TESTS = t
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = dist-shar
+
+# GNU autotools standardised on the 'check' target, but CPAN (and the
+# rest of the world) standardised on the 'test' target.
+test: check
+
+# required in vpath mode to ensure $build/t/ exists
+check_DATA = $(TESTS_OUT)
+
+# Test::Harness produces cleaner output than automake's default test
+# harness, albeit without the pretty colours provided by the
+# `color-tests' AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE option.  This also dodges having to
+# set TESTS to the full list of tests, which is good because automake
+# doesn't support wildcards, and so it would be too easy to forget to
+# add a new one to the list.
+#
+# Note that automake's `check' rule cannot be overridden
+# for some weird reason:
+#
+#   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.general/13040/focus=13041
+#
+# so we override check-TESTS instead which is where the real work is
+# done anyway.  Unfortunately this produces a warning with the -Wall
+# option to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE which has to be silenced via
+# -Wno-override.
+check-TESTS:
+	dir=$(TESTS_DIR); \
+	$(TESTS_ENVIRONMENT) -MTest::Harness -e 'runtests(@ARGV)' "$${dir#./}"/*.t
+
+$(TESTS_OUT):
+	mkdir -p $@
+
 CPAN_FILES = MANIFEST MANIFEST.SKIP Build.PL META.yml META.json
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	bin/stow.in bin/chkstow.in lib/Stow.pm.in \
 	$(TESTS) t/testutil.pm \
 	$(TEXINFO_TEX) \
-	default-ignore-list \
+	$(DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST) \
 	$(CPAN_FILES)
 CLEANFILES = $(bin_SCRIPTS) $(dist_pm_DATA)
 
 # clean up files left behind by test suite
 clean-local:
-	-rm -rf t/target t/stow \
+	-rm -rf $(TESTS_OUT) \
 		bin/stow bin/chkstow doc/stow.8 ChangeLog \
 		doc/manual.*
 
@@ -50,14 +87,17 @@ edit = sed -e 's|[@]PERL[@]|$(PERL)|g' \
 	   -e 's|[@]VERSION[@]|$(VERSION)|g'
 
 bin/stow: bin/stow.in Makefile
+	[ -d bin ] || mkdir bin # required in vpath mode
 	$(edit) < $< > $@
 	chmod +x $@
 
 bin/chkstow: bin/chkstow.in Makefile
+	[ -d bin ] || mkdir bin # required in vpath mode
 	$(edit) < $< > $@
 	chmod +x $@
 
 lib/Stow.pm: lib/Stow.pm.in Makefile $(DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST)
+	[ -d lib ] || mkdir lib # required in vpath mode
 	( $(edit) < $<; cat $(DEFAULT_IGNORE_LIST) ) > $@
 
 ##############################################################################
@@ -86,8 +126,6 @@ doc/manual.html: doc/manual.texi
 	cd doc && texi2html -I $$srcdir -expandinfo -menu -monolithic -verbose manual.texi
 
 doc/stow.8: bin/stow Makefile
+	[ -d doc ] || mkdir doc # required in vpath mode
 	pod2man $< > $@
 
-MODULES = lib/Stow.pm lib/Stow/Util.pm
-test: bin/stow bin/chkstow $(MODULES)
-	perl -MTest::Harness -Ilib -It -Ibin -e 'runtests(@ARGV)' t/*.t
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a9b6fa7..65b5f32 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ dnl Process this file with Autoconf to produce configure dnl
 AC_INIT([stow], [2.0.2], [bug-stow@gnu.org])
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([automake])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror])
+# Unfortunately we have to disable warnings for overrides, because we
+# need to override the built-in `check' rule and also the TEXI2DVI
+# variable.
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror -Wno-override])
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable])
diff --git a/t/chkstow.t b/t/chkstow.t
index 4affd7f..bb611d8 100755
--- a/t/chkstow.t
+++ b/t/chkstow.t
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use Test::Output;
 use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 
 init_test_dirs();
-cd('t/target');
+cd("$OUT_DIR/target");
 
 # setup stow directory
 make_dir('stow');
diff --git a/t/cleanup_invalid_links.t b/t/cleanup_invalid_links.t
index 99bfdf3..e6edd9d 100755
--- a/t/cleanup_invalid_links.t
+++ b/t/cleanup_invalid_links.t
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 use testutil;
 
 init_test_dirs();
-cd('t/target');
+cd("$OUT_DIR/target");
 
 my $stow;
 
diff --git a/t/defer.t b/t/defer.t
index 24d4d5f..ca47fb3 100755
--- a/t/defer.t
+++ b/t/defer.t
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ use testutil;
 
 use Test::More tests => 4;
 
+init_test_dirs();
+cd("$OUT_DIR/target");
+
 my $stow;
 
 $stow = new_Stow(defer => [ 'man' ]);
diff --git a/t/examples.t b/t/examples.t
index 67d72aa..42894ef 100755
--- a/t/examples.t
+++ b/t/examples.t
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use Test::More tests => 10;
 use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 
 init_test_dirs();
-cd('t/target');
+cd("$OUT_DIR/target");
 
 my $stow;
 
diff --git a/t/find_stowed_path.t b/t/find_stowed_path.t
index c632d5d..2d5425d 100755
--- a/t/find_stowed_path.t
+++ b/t/find_stowed_path.t
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ use Test::More tests => 6;
 
 init_test_dirs();
 
-my $stow = new_Stow(dir => 't/stow');
+my $stow = new_Stow(dir => "$OUT_DIR/stow");
 
 is_deeply(
-    [ $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c', '../../../stow/a/b/c') ],
-    [ 't/stow/a/b/c', 't/stow', 'a' ]
+    [ $stow->find_stowed_path("$OUT_DIR/target/a/b/c", '../../../stow/a/b/c') ],
+    [ "$OUT_DIR/stow/a/b/c", "$OUT_DIR/stow", 'a' ]
     => 'from root'
 );
 
-cd('t/target');
+cd("$OUT_DIR/target");
 $stow->set_stow_dir('../stow');
 is_deeply(
     [ $stow->find_stowed_path('a/b/c','../../../stow/a/b/c') ],
@@ -31,33 +31,33 @@ is_deeply(
 
 make_dir('stow');
 cd('../..');
-$stow->set_stow_dir('t/target/stow');
+$stow->set_stow_dir("$OUT_DIR/target/stow");
 
 is_deeply(
-    [ $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c', '../../stow/a/b/c') ],
-    [ 't/target/stow/a/b/c', 't/target/stow', 'a' ]
+    [ $stow->find_stowed_path("$OUT_DIR/target/a/b/c", '../../stow/a/b/c') ],
+    [ "$OUT_DIR/target/stow/a/b/c", "$OUT_DIR/target/stow", 'a' ]
     => 'stow is subdir of target directory'
 );
 
 is_deeply(
-    [ $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c','../../empty') ],
+    [ $stow->find_stowed_path("$OUT_DIR/target/a/b/c",'../../empty') ],
     [ '', '', '' ]
     => 'target is not stowed'
 );
 
-make_dir('t/target/stow2');
-make_file('t/target/stow2/.stow');
+make_dir("$OUT_DIR/target/stow2");
+make_file("$OUT_DIR/target/stow2/.stow");
 
 is_deeply(
-    [ $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c','../../stow2/a/b/c') ],
-    [ 't/target/stow2/a/b/c', 't/target/stow2', 'a' ]
+    [ $stow->find_stowed_path("$OUT_DIR/target/a/b/c",'../../stow2/a/b/c') ],
+    [ "$OUT_DIR/target/stow2/a/b/c", "$OUT_DIR/target/stow2", 'a' ]
     => q(detect alternate stow directory)
 );
 
 # Possible corner case with rogue symlink pointing to ancestor of
 # stow dir.
 is_deeply(
-    [ $stow->find_stowed_path('t/target/a/b/c','../../..') ],
+    [ $stow->find_stowed_path("$OUT_DIR/target/a/b/c",'../../..') ],
     [ '', '', '' ]
     => q(corner case - link points to ancestor of stow dir)
 );
diff --git a/t/foldable.t b/t/foldable.t
index 1d0446f..ebb3b82 100755
--- a/t/foldable.t
+++ b/t/foldable.t
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use Test::More tests => 4;
 use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 
 init_test_dirs();
-cd('t/target');
+cd("$OUT_DIR/target");
 
 my $stow = new_Stow(dir => '../stow');
 
diff --git a/t/ignore.t b/t/ignore.t
index 5d23bba..83966fc 100755
--- a/t/ignore.t
+++ b/t/ignore.t
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use testutil;
 use Stow::Util qw(join_paths);
 
 init_test_dirs();
-cd('t/target');
+cd("$OUT_DIR/target");
 
 my $stow = new_Stow();
 
diff --git a/t/stow.t b/t/stow.t
index 7057378..c9a021d 100755
--- a/t/stow.t
+++ b/t/stow.t
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ init_test_dirs();
 
 local @ARGV = (
     '-v',
-    '-d t/stow',
-    '-t t/target',
+    "-d $OUT_DIR/stow",
+    "-t $OUT_DIR/target",
     'dummy'
 );
 
 my ($options, $pkgs_to_delete, $pkgs_to_stow) = process_options();
 
 is($options->{verbose}, 1, 'verbose option');
-is($options->{dir}, 't/stow', 'stow dir option');
+is($options->{dir}, "$OUT_DIR/stow", 'stow dir option');
 
 my $stow = new_Stow(%$options);
 
diff --git a/t/stow_contents.t b/t/stow_contents.t
index 30cfa64..db0e9fc 100755
--- a/t/stow_contents.t
+++ b/t/stow_contents.t
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use Stow::Util qw(canon_path);
 use testutil;
 
 init_test_dirs();
-cd('t/target');
+cd("$OUT_DIR/target");
 
 my $stow;
 my @conflicts;
@@ -293,16 +293,16 @@ ok(
 # stow a simple tree minimally when cwd isn't target
 #
 cd('../..');
-$stow = new_Stow(dir => 't/stow', target => 't/target');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => "$OUT_DIR/stow", target => "$OUT_DIR/target");
 
-make_dir('t/stow/pkg16/bin16');
-make_file('t/stow/pkg16/bin16/file16');
+make_dir("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg16/bin16");
+make_file("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg16/bin16/file16");
 
 $stow->plan_stow('pkg16');
 $stow->process_tasks();
 is($stow->get_conflicts(), 0, 'no conflicts with minimal stow');
 is(
-    readlink('t/target/bin16'),
+    readlink("$OUT_DIR/target/bin16"),
     '../stow/pkg16/bin16',
     => "minimal stow of a simple tree when cwd isn't target"
 );
@@ -311,17 +311,17 @@ is(
 # stow a simple tree minimally to absolute stow dir when cwd isn't
 # target
 #
-$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path('t/stow'),
-                 target => 't/target');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path("$OUT_DIR/stow"),
+                 target => "$OUT_DIR/target");
 
-make_dir('t/stow/pkg17/bin17');
-make_file('t/stow/pkg17/bin17/file17');
+make_dir("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg17/bin17");
+make_file("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg17/bin17/file17");
 
 $stow->plan_stow('pkg17');
 $stow->process_tasks();
 is($stow->get_conflicts(), 0, 'no conflicts with minimal stow');
 is(
-    readlink('t/target/bin17'),
+    readlink("$OUT_DIR/target/bin17"),
     '../stow/pkg17/bin17',
     => "minimal stow of a simple tree with absolute stow dir"
 );
@@ -330,17 +330,17 @@ is(
 # stow a simple tree minimally with absolute stow AND target dirs when
 # cwd isn't target
 #
-$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path('t/stow'),
-                 target => canon_path('t/target'));
+$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path("$OUT_DIR/stow"),
+                 target => canon_path("$OUT_DIR/target"));
 
-make_dir('t/stow/pkg18/bin18');
-make_file('t/stow/pkg18/bin18/file18');
+make_dir("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg18/bin18");
+make_file("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg18/bin18/file18");
 
 $stow->plan_stow('pkg18');
 $stow->process_tasks();
 is($stow->get_conflicts(), 0, 'no conflicts with minimal stow');
 is(
-    readlink('t/target/bin18'),
+    readlink("$OUT_DIR/target/bin18"),
     '../stow/pkg18/bin18',
     => "minimal stow of a simple tree with absolute stow and target dirs"
 );
diff --git a/t/testutil.pm b/t/testutil.pm
index 2efe72e..67d4f45 100755
--- a/t/testutil.pm
+++ b/t/testutil.pm
@@ -4,17 +4,28 @@
 # Utilities shared by test scripts
 #
 
+package testutil;
+
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 use Stow;
-use Stow::Util qw(parent);
+use Stow::Util qw(parent canon_path);
+
+use base qw(Exporter);
+our @EXPORT = qw(
+    $OUT_DIR
+    init_test_dirs
+    cd
+    new_Stow new_compat_Stow
+    make_dir make_link make_file
+    remove_dir remove_link
+);
+
+our $OUT_DIR = 'tmp-testing-trees';
 
 sub init_test_dirs {
-    die "t/ didn't exist; are you running the tests from the root of the tree?\n"
-        unless -d 't';
-
-    for my $dir ('t/target', 't/stow') {
+    for my $dir ("$OUT_DIR/target", "$OUT_DIR/stow") {
         -d $dir and remove_dir($dir);
         make_dir($dir);
     }
diff --git a/t/unstow_contents.t b/t/unstow_contents.t
index 45ad7d6..6929a03 100755
--- a/t/unstow_contents.t
+++ b/t/unstow_contents.t
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use testutil;
 use Stow::Util qw(canon_path);
 
 init_test_dirs();
-cd('t/target');
+cd("$OUT_DIR/target");
 
 # Note that each of the following tests use a distinct set of files
 
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ ok(
 # Unstow a never stowed package
 #
 
-eval { remove_dir('t/target'); };
-mkdir('t/target');
+eval { remove_dir("$OUT_DIR/target"); };
+mkdir("$OUT_DIR/target");
 
 $stow = new_Stow();
 $stow->plan_unstow('pkg12');
@@ -311,17 +311,17 @@ ok(
 # unstow a simple tree minimally when cwd isn't target
 # 
 cd('../..');
-$stow = new_Stow(dir => 't/stow', target => 't/target');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => "$OUT_DIR/stow", target => "$OUT_DIR/target");
 
-make_dir('t/stow/pkg13/bin13');
-make_file('t/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13');
-make_link('t/target/bin13', '../stow/pkg13/bin13');
+make_dir("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg13/bin13");
+make_file("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13");
+make_link("$OUT_DIR/target/bin13", '../stow/pkg13/bin13');
 
 $stow->plan_unstow('pkg13');
 $stow->process_tasks();
 ok(
     scalar($stow->get_conflicts) == 0 &&
-    -f 't/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13' && ! -e 't/target/bin13'
+    -f "$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13" && ! -e "$OUT_DIR/target/bin13"
     => 'unstow a simple tree' 
 );
 
@@ -329,18 +329,18 @@ ok(
 # unstow a simple tree minimally with absolute stow dir when cwd isn't
 # target
 #
-$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path('t/stow'),
-                 target => 't/target');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path("$OUT_DIR/stow"),
+                 target => "$OUT_DIR/target");
 
-make_dir('t/stow/pkg14/bin14');
-make_file('t/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14');
-make_link('t/target/bin14', '../stow/pkg14/bin14');
+make_dir("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg14/bin14");
+make_file("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14");
+make_link("$OUT_DIR/target/bin14", '../stow/pkg14/bin14');
 
 $stow->plan_unstow('pkg14');
 $stow->process_tasks();
 ok(
     scalar($stow->get_conflicts) == 0 &&
-    -f 't/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14' && ! -e 't/target/bin14'
+    -f "$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14" && ! -e "$OUT_DIR/target/bin14"
     => 'unstow a simple tree with absolute stow dir'
 );
 
@@ -348,18 +348,18 @@ ok(
 # unstow a simple tree minimally with absolute stow AND target dirs
 # when cwd isn't target
 #
-$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path('t/stow'),
-                 target => canon_path('t/target'));
+$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path("$OUT_DIR/stow"),
+                 target => canon_path("$OUT_DIR/target"));
 
-make_dir('t/stow/pkg15/bin15');
-make_file('t/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15');
-make_link('t/target/bin15', '../stow/pkg15/bin15');
+make_dir("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg15/bin15");
+make_file("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15");
+make_link("$OUT_DIR/target/bin15", '../stow/pkg15/bin15');
 
 $stow->plan_unstow('pkg15');
 $stow->process_tasks();
 ok(
     scalar($stow->get_conflicts) == 0 &&
-    -f 't/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15' && ! -e 't/target/bin15'
+    -f "$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15" && ! -e "$OUT_DIR/target/bin15"
     => 'unstow a simple tree with absolute stow and target dirs'
 );
 
diff --git a/t/unstow_contents_orig.t b/t/unstow_contents_orig.t
index 61b1a45..ec86dac 100755
--- a/t/unstow_contents_orig.t
+++ b/t/unstow_contents_orig.t
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use testutil;
 use Stow::Util qw(canon_path);
 
 init_test_dirs();
-cd('t/target');
+cd("$OUT_DIR/target");
 
 # Note that each of the following tests use a distinct set of files
 
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ ok(
 # Unstow a never stowed package
 #
 
-eval { remove_dir('t/target'); };
-mkdir('t/target');
+eval { remove_dir("$OUT_DIR/target"); };
+mkdir("$OUT_DIR/target");
 
 $stow = new_compat_Stow();
 $stow->plan_unstow('pkg12');
@@ -318,17 +318,17 @@ ok(
 # unstow a simple tree minimally when cwd isn't target
 #
 cd('../..');
-$stow = new_Stow(dir => 't/stow', target => 't/target');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir => "$OUT_DIR/stow", target => "$OUT_DIR/target");
 
-make_dir('t/stow/pkg13/bin13');
-make_file('t/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13');
-make_link('t/target/bin13', '../stow/pkg13/bin13');
+make_dir("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg13/bin13");
+make_file("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13");
+make_link("$OUT_DIR/target/bin13", '../stow/pkg13/bin13');
 
 $stow->plan_unstow('pkg13');
 $stow->process_tasks();
 ok(
     scalar($stow->get_conflicts) == 0 &&
-    -f 't/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13' && ! -e 't/target/bin13'
+    -f "$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg13/bin13/file13" && ! -e "$OUT_DIR/target/bin13"
     => 'unstow a simple tree' 
 );
 
@@ -336,18 +336,18 @@ ok(
 # unstow a simple tree minimally with absolute stow dir when cwd isn't
 # target
 #
-$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path('t/stow'),
-                 target => 't/target');
+$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path("$OUT_DIR/stow"),
+                 target => "$OUT_DIR/target");
 
-make_dir('t/stow/pkg14/bin14');
-make_file('t/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14');
-make_link('t/target/bin14', '../stow/pkg14/bin14');
+make_dir("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg14/bin14");
+make_file("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14");
+make_link("$OUT_DIR/target/bin14", '../stow/pkg14/bin14');
 
 $stow->plan_unstow('pkg14');
 $stow->process_tasks();
 ok(
     scalar($stow->get_conflicts) == 0 &&
-    -f 't/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14' && ! -e 't/target/bin14'
+    -f "$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg14/bin14/file14" && ! -e "$OUT_DIR/target/bin14"
     => 'unstow a simple tree with absolute stow dir'
 );
 
@@ -355,18 +355,18 @@ ok(
 # unstow a simple tree minimally with absolute stow AND target dirs
 # when cwd isn't target
 #
-$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path('t/stow'),
-                 target => canon_path('t/target'));
+$stow = new_Stow(dir    => canon_path("$OUT_DIR/stow"),
+                 target => canon_path("$OUT_DIR/target"));
 
-make_dir('t/stow/pkg15/bin15');
-make_file('t/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15');
-make_link('t/target/bin15', '../stow/pkg15/bin15');
+make_dir("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg15/bin15");
+make_file("$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15");
+make_link("$OUT_DIR/target/bin15", '../stow/pkg15/bin15');
 
 $stow->plan_unstow('pkg15');
 $stow->process_tasks();
 ok(
     scalar($stow->get_conflicts) == 0 &&
-    -f 't/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15' && ! -e 't/target/bin15'
+    -f "$OUT_DIR/stow/pkg15/bin15/file15" && ! -e "$OUT_DIR/target/bin15"
     => 'unstow a simple tree with absolute stow and target dirs'
 );