diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/tests/Makefile b/tools/net/ynl/tests/Makefile
index 9215e84cca05..40827ca8e579 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/tests/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ TEST_GEN_FILES := \
 	rt-route \
 # end of TEST_GEN_FILES
 
-TEST_FILES := ynl_nsim_lib.sh
+TEST_FILES := \
+	ethtool.py \
+	ynl_nsim_lib.sh \
+# end of TEST_FILES
 
 CFLAGS_netdev:=$(CFLAGS_netdev) $(CFLAGS_rt-link)
 CFLAGS_ovs:=$(CFLAGS_ovs_datapath)
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ethtool.py b/tools/net/ynl/tests/ethtool.py
similarity index 99%
rename from tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ethtool.py
rename to tools/net/ynl/tests/ethtool.py
index f1a2a2a89985..6eeeb867edcf 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/pyynl/ethtool.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/tests/ethtool.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import re
 import os
 
 # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,wrong-import-position
-sys.path.append(pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent.as_posix())
+sys.path.append(pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.joinpath('pyynl').as_posix())
 # pylint: disable=import-error
 from cli import schema_dir, spec_dir
 from lib import YnlFamily
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/tests/test_ynl_ethtool.sh b/tools/net/ynl/tests/test_ynl_ethtool.sh
index b826269017f4..b4480e9be7b7 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/tests/test_ynl_ethtool.sh
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/tests/test_ynl_ethtool.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ KSELFTEST_KTAP_HELPERS="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")/../../../testing/selftests
 source "$KSELFTEST_KTAP_HELPERS"
 
 # Default ynl-ethtool path for direct execution, can be overridden by make install
-ynl_ethtool="../pyynl/ethtool.py"
+ynl_ethtool="./ethtool.py"
 
 readonly NSIM_ID="1337"
 readonly NSIM_DEV_NAME="nsim${NSIM_ID}"