diff --git a/test/parallel/test-https-foafssl.js b/test/parallel/test-https-foafssl.js
index 06ef1e1bd52fb4..2025597abbded0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-https-foafssl.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-https-foafssl.js
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ if (!common.opensslCli)
   common.skip('node compiled without OpenSSL CLI.');
 
 const assert = require('assert');
-const join = require('path').join;
-const fs = require('fs');
-const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const https = require('https');
+const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 
 const options = {
-  key: fs.readFileSync(`${common.fixturesDir}/agent.key`),
-  cert: fs.readFileSync(`${common.fixturesDir}/agent.crt`),
-  requestCert: true
+  key: fixtures.readSync('agent.key'),
+  cert: fixtures.readSync('agent.crt'),
+  requestCert: true,
+  rejectUnauthorized: false
 };
 
 const modulus = 'A6F44A9C25791431214F5C87AF9E040177A8BB89AC803F7E09BBC3A5519F' +
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ server.listen(0, function() {
   const args = ['s_client',
                 '-quiet',
                 '-connect', `127.0.0.1:${this.address().port}`,
-                '-cert', join(common.fixturesDir, 'foafssl.crt'),
-                '-key', join(common.fixturesDir, 'foafssl.key')];
+                '-cert', fixtures.path('foafssl.crt'),
+                '-key', fixtures.path('foafssl.key')];
 
   // for the performance and stability issue in s_client on Windows
   if (common.isWindows)