diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/include/libtest.shlib b/tests/zfs-tests/include/libtest.shlib
index d686f27232..759145c1bc 100644
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/include/libtest.shlib
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/include/libtest.shlib
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
 
 . ${STF_SUITE}/include/tunables.cfg
 
+# On AlmaLinux 9 we will see $PWD = '.' instead of the full path.  This causes
+# some tests to fail.  Fix it up here.
+if [ "$PWD" = "." ] ; then
+	PWD="$(readlink -f $PWD)"
+fi
+
 #
 # Apply constrained path when available.  This is required since the
 # PATH may have been modified by sudo's secure_path behavior.