diff --git a/plugins/org.python.pydev.core/tests/org/python/pydev/core/TestDependent.java b/plugins/org.python.pydev.core/tests/org/python/pydev/core/TestDependent.java
index 3e4c948374..6a6d9e47f4 100644
--- a/plugins/org.python.pydev.core/tests/org/python/pydev/core/TestDependent.java
+++ b/plugins/org.python.pydev.core/tests/org/python/pydev/core/TestDependent.java
@@ -177,7 +177,21 @@ public static boolean isUnix() {
             }
 
             if (TEST_PYDEV_BASE_LOC == null) {
-                System.err.println("TEST_PYDEV_BASE_LOC variable MUST be set in " + propertiesFile + " to run tests.");
+                File file = new File(TestDependent.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath());
+
+                // File is something as Pydev/plugins/org.python.pydev.core
+                // We want something as: Pydev/plugins/
+                file = file.getParentFile();
+                if (new File(file, "org.python.pydev.core").exists()) {
+                    TEST_PYDEV_BASE_LOC = file.toString().replace("\\", "/");
+                    if (!TEST_PYDEV_BASE_LOC.endsWith("/")) {
+                        TEST_PYDEV_BASE_LOC += '/';
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    System.err.println(
+                            "TEST_PYDEV_BASE_LOC variable MUST be set in " + propertiesFile + " to run tests.");
+                }
+
             } else if (!new File(TEST_PYDEV_BASE_LOC).exists()) {
                 System.err.println("TEST_PYDEV_BASE_LOC variable points to path that does NOT exist: "
                         + TEST_PYDEV_BASE_LOC);
diff --git a/plugins/org.python.pydev.core/tests/org/python/pydev/core/TestDependent.mac.properties b/plugins/org.python.pydev.core/tests/org/python/pydev/core/TestDependent.mac.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80dc2f21a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/org.python.pydev.core/tests/org/python/pydev/core/TestDependent.mac.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+PYTHON_INSTALL = /Users/fabioz/Desktop/conda/miniconda3/envs/py311/
+PYTHON_EXE = /Users/fabioz/Desktop/conda/miniconda3/envs/py311/bin/python