diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index ff2512deb055fe8fe3ff354c8301057b3d3e546e..4dc1488344fbd8d283ea8351fda3e32a597a26f2 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,20 +30,18 @@ if(SCORD_BUILD_TESTS)
   set(TEST_DIRECTORY "${SCORD_TESTS_DIRECTORY}/scord_daemon")
   file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${TEST_DIRECTORY})
 
-  set(TEST_ENV)
-  list(APPEND TEST_ENV SCORD_LOG_OUTPUT=${TEST_DIRECTORY}/scord_daemon.log)
+  configure_file(scord.conf.in scord.conf)
 
   set(SCORD_ADDRESS_STRING
     ${SCORD_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL}://${SCORD_BIND_ADDRESS}:${SCORD_BIND_PORT})
 
   add_test(start_scord_daemon
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/runner.sh start scord.pid
-           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/scord/scord -f
+           ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/scord/scord -f -c ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/scord.conf
   )
 
   set_tests_properties(start_scord_daemon
-    PROPERTIES FIXTURES_SETUP scord_daemon
-    ENVIRONMENT "${TEST_ENV}")
+    PROPERTIES FIXTURES_SETUP scord_daemon)
 
   add_test(stop_scord_daemon
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/runner.sh stop TERM scord.pid
diff --git a/examples/scord.conf.in b/examples/scord.conf.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ca76279a7462a3e4960e8a08d25ad4556336a352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/scord.conf.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+## vim: set filetype=yaml:
+
+## global service settings
+global_settings:
+
+  # log file
+  logfile: "@TEST_DIRECTORY@/scord_daemon.log"
+
+  # path to pidfile
+  rundir: "@TEST_DIRECTORY@"
+
+  # address to bind to
+  address: "@SCORD_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL@://@SCORD_BIND_ADDRESS@:@SCORD_BIND_PORT@"