diff --git a/scripts/tests.sh b/scripts/tests.sh
index f3bcf65fb..93afd2d20 100755
--- a/scripts/tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/tests.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ $ETH_PATH --test -d /tmp/test &
 while [ ! -S /tmp/test/geth.ipc ]; do sleep 2; done
 
 # And then run the Solidity unit-tests, pointing to that IPC endpoint.
-"$REPO_ROOT"/build/test/soltest -- --ipc /tmp/test/geth.ipc
+"$REPO_ROOT"/build/test/soltest -- --ipcpath /tmp/test/geth.ipc
 ERROR_CODE=$?
 pkill eth || true
 sleep 4
diff --git a/test/TestHelper.cpp b/test/TestHelper.cpp
index bfc5b54c4..df35ff53f 100644
--- a/test/TestHelper.cpp
+++ b/test/TestHelper.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Options::Options()
 {
 	auto const& suite = boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite();
 	for (auto i = 0; i < suite.argc; i++)
-		if (string(suite.argv[i]) == "--ipc" && i + 1 < suite.argc)
+		if (string(suite.argv[i]) == "--ipcpath" && i + 1 < suite.argc)
 		{
 			ipcPath = suite.argv[i + 1];
 			i++;
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/SolidityExecutionFramework.cpp b/test/libsolidity/SolidityExecutionFramework.cpp
index d0ee13c6b..02548121a 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/SolidityExecutionFramework.cpp
+++ b/test/libsolidity/SolidityExecutionFramework.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ string getIPCSocketPath()
 {
 	string ipcPath = dev::test::Options::get().ipcPath;
 	if (ipcPath.empty())
-		BOOST_FAIL("ERROR: ipcPath not set! (use --ipc <path> or the environment variable ETH_TEST_IPC)");
+		BOOST_FAIL("ERROR: ipcPath not set! (use --ipcpath <path> or the environment variable ETH_TEST_IPC)");
 
 	return ipcPath;
 }