diff --git a/tests/test-recipes/metadata/extra_freeform_metadata/meta.yaml b/tests/test-recipes/metadata/extra_freeform_metadata/meta.yaml
index 36d698a075..f125976ce7 100644
--- a/tests/test-recipes/metadata/extra_freeform_metadata/meta.yaml
+++ b/tests/test-recipes/metadata/extra_freeform_metadata/meta.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ package:
   name: conda-build-test-extra-metadata
   version: 0.1
 
+test:
+  requires:
+    - pyyaml
+
 extra:
   custom: metadata
   however: {we: want}
diff --git a/tests/test-recipes/metadata/extra_freeform_metadata/run_test.py b/tests/test-recipes/metadata/extra_freeform_metadata/run_test.py
index 47bde18a8c..4b8a25ff98 100644
--- a/tests/test-recipes/metadata/extra_freeform_metadata/run_test.py
+++ b/tests/test-recipes/metadata/extra_freeform_metadata/run_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import json
+import yaml
 
 
 def main():
@@ -9,9 +10,10 @@ def main():
     with open(info_file, 'r') as fh:
         info = json.load(fh)
 
-    source_file = os.path.join(info['link']['source'], 'info', 'recipe.json')
+    source_file = os.path.join(info['link']['source'],
+                               'info', 'recipe', 'meta.yaml')
     with open(source_file, 'r') as fh:
-        source = json.load(fh)
+        source = yaml.load(fh)
 
     assert source['extra'] == {"custom": "metadata",
                                "however": {"we": "want"}}