diff --git a/data/forcing/forcings-engine/.gitignore b/data/forcing/forcings-engine/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 476f008f8a..0000000000
--- a/data/forcing/forcings-engine/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-gfs/**/*.grib2
-
-# Temp directory used by the forcings engine instances
-scratch/*
-!scratch/.keep
-
-# Cropped GRIB files
-!gfs/gfs.20240117/00/atmos/gfs.t00z.sfluxgrbf*.grib2
diff --git a/data/forcing/forcings-engine/config_aorc.yml b/data/forcing/forcings-engine/config_aorc.yml.in
similarity index 92%
rename from data/forcing/forcings-engine/config_aorc.yml
rename to data/forcing/forcings-engine/config_aorc.yml.in
index 93250b2955..ca1b1cb71e 100644
--- a/data/forcing/forcings-engine/config_aorc.yml
+++ b/data/forcing/forcings-engine/config_aorc.yml.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ InputMandatory: [1]
 OutputFrequency: 60
 SubOutputHour: 0
 SubOutFreq: 0
-ScratchDir: "data/forcing/forcings-engine/scratch"
+ScratchDir: "@FORCINGS_ENGINE_SCRATCH_DIR@"
 Output: 1
 compressOutput: 0
 floatOutput: 0
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ShortwaveDownscaling: [0]
 PressureDownscaling: [0]
 PrecipDownscaling: [0]
 HumidityDownscaling: [0]
-DownscalingParamDirs: ["data/forcing/forcings-engine/scratch"]
+DownscalingParamDirs: ["@FORCINGS_ENGINE_SCRATCH_DIR@"]
 SuppPcp: []
 SuppPcpForcingTypes: ''
 SuppPcpDirectories: ''
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index fc07337e52..0520cf4e91 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -194,6 +194,18 @@ ngen_add_test(
         NGEN_WITH_PYTHON
 )
 
+if(TARGET test_forcings_engine)
+    set(FORCINGS_ENGINE_SCRATCH_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/forcings_engine_scratch")
+    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${FORCINGS_ENGINE_SCRATCH_DIR}")
+    configure_file(
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../data/forcing/forcings-engine/config_aorc.yml.in" # Input
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config_aorc.yml"
+    )
+    target_compile_definitions(test_forcings_engine
+      PUBLIC
+        -DNGEN_LUMPED_CONFIG_PATH="${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config_aorc.yml")
+endif()
+
 ########################## Series Unit Tests
 ngen_add_test(
     test_mdarray
diff --git a/test/forcing/ForcingsEngineLumpedDataProvider_Test.cpp b/test/forcing/ForcingsEngineLumpedDataProvider_Test.cpp
index bb6e0293ea..65dd3d6c58 100644
--- a/test/forcing/ForcingsEngineLumpedDataProvider_Test.cpp
+++ b/test/forcing/ForcingsEngineLumpedDataProvider_Test.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#ifndef NGEN_LUMPED_CONFIG_PATH
+#error "Lumped config file path not defined! Set `-DNGEN_LUMPED_CONFIG_PATH`"
+#endif
+
 #include <NGenConfig.h>
 #if NGEN_WITH_MPI
 #include <mpi.h>
@@ -24,7 +28,7 @@ struct ForcingsEngineLumpedDataProviderTest
         #endif
     }
 
-    static constexpr const char* config_file = "data/forcing/forcings-engine/config_aorc.yml";
+    static constexpr const char* config_file = NGEN_LUMPED_CONFIG_PATH;
     static const std::time_t time_start;
     static const std::time_t time_end;
     static std::shared_ptr<utils::ngenPy::InterpreterUtil> gil_;