diff --git a/plugins/people_block/test/functional/people_block_plugin_profile_controller_test.rb b/plugins/people_block/test/functional/people_block_plugin_profile_controller_test.rb
index f0901e4..4014672 100644
--- a/plugins/people_block/test/functional/people_block_plugin_profile_controller_test.rb
+++ b/plugins/people_block/test/functional/people_block_plugin_profile_controller_test.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../controllers/people_block_plugin_profile_controller'
+require_relative '../test_helper'
+require_relative '../../controllers/people_block_plugin_profile_controller'
 
 
 # Re-raise errors caught by the controller.
diff --git a/plugins/people_block/test/unit/friends_block_test.rb b/plugins/people_block/test/unit/friends_block_test.rb
index fc5fd44..38cc5de 100644
--- a/plugins/people_block/test/unit/friends_block_test.rb
+++ b/plugins/people_block/test/unit/friends_block_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
+require_relative '../test_helper'
 
 class FriendsBlockTest < ActionView::TestCase
 
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 7493ec8..b64836b 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -154,6 +154,21 @@ class ActiveSupport::TestCase
     self.class.action_view.render(*args)
   end
 
+  def url_for args = {}
+    args
+  end
+
+  # url_for inside views (partials)
+  # from http://stackoverflow.com/a/13704257/670229
+  ActionView::TestCase::TestController.instance_eval do
+    helper Noosfero::Application.routes.url_helpers
+  end
+  ActionView::TestCase::TestController.class_eval do
+    def _routes
+      Noosfero::Application.routes
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
   def uses_host(name)
@@ -234,10 +249,6 @@ module NoosferoTestHelper
   def will_paginate(arg1, arg2)
   end
 
-  def url_for(args = {})
-    args
-  end
-
   def javascript_tag(any)
     ''
   end
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