diff --git a/pyodide/test/test_wheel.py b/pyodide/test/test_wheel.py
index f241776d02..2ef5e0e193 100644
--- a/pyodide/test/test_wheel.py
+++ b/pyodide/test/test_wheel.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ def test_ifcopenshell_import(selenium):
         import micropip
         await micropip.install(f"./{WHEEL_FILENAME}")
         import ifcopenshell
+        from pathlib import Path
+        ifcopenshell.set_plugin_search_paths([str(Path(ifcopenshell.__file__).parent)])
         ifc_file = ifcopenshell.file()
         wall = ifc_file.create_entity("IfcWall")
         wall1 = ifc_file.by_type("IfcWall")[0]