diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index ac5f925f..0d7c5b7a 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PROJECT_DIR := $(realpath $(CUR_DIR)/../)
 BUILD_DIR := $(PROJECT_DIR)/build
 
 # Dependencies: need to be compiled but not to run by any Makefile target
-TEST_DEPS := dev_null client
+TEST_DEPS := client data_sink
 # Tests: need to be compiled and run by test-% target
 TESTS := empty env hello_world malloc mmap file fs_perms getpid spawn sched pipe time \
 	truncate readdir mkdir link tls pthread uname rlimit server \
diff --git a/test/dev_null/Makefile b/test/data_sink/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from test/dev_null/Makefile
rename to test/data_sink/Makefile
diff --git a/test/dev_null/main.c b/test/data_sink/main.c
similarity index 94%
rename from test/dev_null/main.c
rename to test/data_sink/main.c
index e94b73ce..0152c01c 100644
--- a/test/dev_null/main.c
+++ b/test/data_sink/main.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #define MIN(x, y)           ((x) <= (y) ? (x) : (y))
 
+// This program consumes a specific amount of data from stdin
 int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
     // Get the total number of bytes to read
     size_t remain_bytes = 0;
diff --git a/test/pipe_throughput/main.c b/test/pipe_throughput/main.c
index 4ca17372..11e2f339 100644
--- a/test/pipe_throughput/main.c
+++ b/test/pipe_throughput/main.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
     posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose(&file_actions, pipe_wr_fd);
 
     int child_pid;
-    if (posix_spawn(&child_pid, "dev_null", &file_actions,
+    if (posix_spawn(&child_pid, "/bin/data_sink", &file_actions,
             NULL, NULL, NULL) < 0) {
         printf("ERROR: failed to spawn a child process\n");
         return -1;
diff --git a/test/spawn_and_exit_latency/main.c b/test/spawn_and_exit_latency/main.c
index 90f93715..36a5244c 100644
--- a/test/spawn_and_exit_latency/main.c
+++ b/test/spawn_and_exit_latency/main.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
     gettimeofday(&tv_start, NULL);
     for (unsigned long i = 0; i < NREPEATS; i++) {
         int child_pid, status;
-        if (posix_spawn(&child_pid, "empty", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) <0) {
+        if (posix_spawn(&child_pid, "/bin/empty", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) <0) {
             printf("ERROR: failed to spawn (# of repeats = %lu)\n", i);
             return -1;
         }
diff --git a/test/unix_socket_throughput/main.c b/test/unix_socket_throughput/main.c
index 8312c87f..3bdaf3bc 100644
--- a/test/unix_socket_throughput/main.c
+++ b/test/unix_socket_throughput/main.c
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
 
 	int child_pid;
 	extern char ** environ;
-	char* new_argv[] = {"./dev_null", NULL};
-	if (posix_spawn(&child_pid, "dev_null", &file_actions,
+	char* new_argv[] = {"/bin/data_sink", NULL};
+	if (posix_spawn(&child_pid, "/bin/data_sink", &file_actions,
 					NULL, new_argv, environ) < 0) {
 		printf("ERROR: failed to spawn a child process\n");
 		return -1;