diff --git a/cmake/modules/CbmMacros.cmake b/cmake/modules/CbmMacros.cmake
index d8653109b35bb310b8c16881e822d055d5f0f137..9791c892cb9ce5603f088d1db3acafedba22d93a 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/CbmMacros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/CbmMacros.cmake
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ MACRO (GENERATE_CBM_TEST_SCRIPT SCRIPT_FULL_NAME DEST_DIR)
 
   set(my_script_name ${SCRIPT_FULL_NAME})
 
+  Write_Geant4Data_Variables_sh()
+
   configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/scripts/root_macro.sh.in
                  ${DEST_DIR}/${shell_script_name}
                 )