diff --git a/test/helpers/configHelpers.ts b/test/helpers/configHelpers.ts
index 8954ab1d2..3e0962e35 100644
--- a/test/helpers/configHelpers.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/configHelpers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import getPort from 'get-port'
+import json5 from 'json5'
 import { nextDev } from 'next/dist/cli/next-dev.js'
-import path from 'path'
+import path, { resolve } from 'path'
+const { parse } = json5
+import { promises as _promises, promises } from 'fs'
+const { readFile } = promises
+const { writeFile } = _promises
 
 import type { SanitizedConfig } from '../../packages/payload/src/config/types.js'
 import type { Payload } from '../../packages/payload/src/index.js'
@@ -22,10 +27,20 @@ export async function initPayloadE2E({ config, dirname }: Args): Promise<Result>
   const port = await getPort()
   const serverURL = `http://localhost:${port}`
   process.env.NODE_OPTIONS = '--no-deprecation'
-  process.env.PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH = path.resolve(dirname, './config.js')
+  const configPath = path.resolve(dirname, './config.js')
+  process.env.PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH = configPath
   process.env.PAYLOAD_DROP_DATABASE = 'true'
   process.env.PORT = String(port)
 
+  const testSuite = configPath.split('/test/')[1].split('/')[0]
+
+  // Set path.'payload-config' in tsconfig.json
+  const tsConfigPath = resolve(process.cwd(), 'tsconfig.json')
+  const tsConfig = await parse(await readFile(tsConfigPath, 'utf8'))
+  tsConfig.compilerOptions.paths['@payload-config'] = [`./test/${testSuite}/config.ts`]
+
+  await writeFile(tsConfigPath, JSON.stringify(tsConfig, null, 2))
+
   const payload = await getPayload({ config })
 
   // @ts-expect-error