diff --git a/tests/gtest_factory.cpp b/tests/gtest_factory.cpp
index 321d24e..af97613 100644
--- a/tests/gtest_factory.cpp
+++ b/tests/gtest_factory.cpp
@@ -268,6 +268,14 @@ TEST(BehaviorTreeFactory, SubTreeWithRemapping)
 
 std::string FilePath(const std::filesystem::path& relative_path)
 {
+  // NOTE: Bazel doesn't support getting the execpath of a directory, so use a file instead.
+  // BT_TEST_PARENT_INCLUDE_CHILD_XML_FILE is expected to be the bazel runtime path to:
+  // tests/trees/parent_include_child.xml
+  const std::filesystem::path BT_TEST_FOLDER =
+      std::filesystem::path{ BT_TEST_PARENT_INCLUDE_CHILD_XML_FILE }
+          .parent_path()
+          .parent_path();
+
   // clang-format off
   static const std::filesystem::path search_paths[] = {
       BT_TEST_FOLDER,