diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0b8e3e96..082ca61c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,8 +13,14 @@
 lib_dirs: list[str] = ['.', '/usr/lib64', '/usr/lib', '/usr/local/lib']
 include_dirs: list[str] = []
 
-userspace_src = os.getenv("USERSPACE_SRC", "")
-if userspace_src:
+test_toolchain: str | None = os.getenv("TEST_TOOLCHAIN")
+userspace_src: str | None = os.getenv("USERSPACE_SRC")
+if test_toolchain:
+    toolchain_path = Path(test_toolchain)
+    include_dirs.insert(0, str(toolchain_path / "usr/include"))
+    lib_dirs.insert(0, str(toolchain_path / "lib"))
+    lib_dirs.insert(1, str(toolchain_path / "usr/lib"))
+elif userspace_src:
     userspace_path = Path(userspace_src)
     include_dirs.insert(0, str(userspace_path / "libsepol/include"))
     include_dirs.insert(1, str(userspace_path / "libselinux/include"))
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index ce123dc9..da0e81c9 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -194,13 +194,16 @@ def _do_compile(source_file: str, output_file: str, /, *, mls: bool = True,
     Return:
     A SELinuxPolicy object.
     """
+    test_toolchain = os.getenv("TEST_TOOLCHAIN")
     user_src = os.getenv("USERSPACE_SRC")
     checkpol = os.getenv("CHECKPOLICY")
 
-    if user_src:
-        command = [user_src + "/checkpolicy/checkpolicy"]
-    elif checkpol:
+    if checkpol:
         command = [checkpol]
+    elif test_toolchain:
+        command = [test_toolchain + "/usr/bin/checkpolicy"]
+    elif user_src:
+        command = [user_src + "/checkpolicy/checkpolicy"]
     else:
         command = ["/usr/bin/checkpolicy"]