diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/DumbClientDumbServerTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/DumbClientDumbServerTest.java
index fbf4d075a..1726dc5eb 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/DumbClientDumbServerTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/DumbClientDumbServerTest.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.DefaultServlet;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.NotSupportedException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.TestRepository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.junit.http.AccessEvent;
@@ -97,8 +98,9 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
 
 		ServletContextHandler app = server.addContext("/git");
 		app.setResourceBase(base.toString());
-		app.addServlet(DefaultServlet.class, "/");
-
+		ServletHolder holder = app.addServlet(DefaultServlet.class, "/");
+		// The tmp directory is symlinked on OS X
+		holder.setInitParameter("aliases", "true");
 		server.setUp();
 
 		remoteRepository = src.getRepository();
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/GitServletInitTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/GitServletInitTest.java
index 9dfb19942..6cbb41e98 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/GitServletInitTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/GitServletInitTest.java
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ public void testInitUnderContainer_NoBasePath() throws Exception {
 		ServletHolder s = app.addServlet(GitServlet.class, "/git");
 		s.setInitOrder(1);
 		s.getServletHandler().setStartWithUnavailable(false);
+		// The tmp directory is symlinked on OS X
+		s.setInitParameter("aliases", "true");
 
 		try {
 			server.setUp();
@@ -133,6 +135,8 @@ public void testInitUnderContainer_WithBasePath() throws Exception {
 		s.setInitOrder(1);
 		s.setInitParameter("base-path", ".");
 		s.setInitParameter("export-all", "true");
+		// The tmp directory is symlinked on OS X
+		s.setInitParameter("aliases", "true");
 
 		server.setUp();
 		assertTrue("no warnings", RecordingLogger.getWarnings().isEmpty());
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/HttpClientTests.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/HttpClientTests.java
index 8bdaf2cb6..b686d160b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/HttpClientTests.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.http.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/http/test/HttpClientTests.java
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ private ServletContextHandler dumb(final String path) {
 
 		ServletContextHandler ctx = server.addContext(path);
 		ctx.setResourceBase(base.toString());
-		ctx.addServlet(DefaultServlet.class, "/");
+		ServletHolder holder = ctx.addServlet(DefaultServlet.class, "/");
+		// The tmp directory is symlinked on OS X
+		holder.setInitParameter("aliases", "true");
 		return ctx;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileRepositoryBuilderTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileRepositoryBuilderTest.java
index 0655415a9..efdcfeb47 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileRepositoryBuilderTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/FileRepositoryBuilderTest.java
@@ -148,7 +148,10 @@ public void relativeGitDirRef() throws Exception {
 		builder.setMustExist(true);
 		Repository repo2 = builder.build();
 
-		assertEquals(repo1.getDirectory(), repo2.getDirectory());
+		// The tmp directory may be a symlink so the actual path
+		// may not
+		assertEquals(repo1.getDirectory().getCanonicalPath(), repo2
+				.getDirectory().getCanonicalPath());
 		assertEquals(dir, repo2.getWorkTree());
 	}
 
@@ -168,7 +171,9 @@ public void scanWithGitDirRef() throws Exception {
 		builder.setMustExist(true);
 		Repository repo2 = builder.build();
 
-		assertEquals(repo1.getDirectory(), repo2.getDirectory());
+		// The tmp directory may be a symlink
+		assertEquals(repo1.getDirectory().getCanonicalPath(), repo2
+				.getDirectory().getCanonicalPath());
 		assertEquals(dir, repo2.getWorkTree());
 	}
 }