diff --git a/tests/plan/lint/main.fmf b/tests/plan/lint/main.fmf
index b496d05875..f61be28c1c 100644
--- a/tests/plan/lint/main.fmf
+++ b/tests/plan/lint/main.fmf
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
-summary: Checks whether plan linting works correctly
+/implicit-root:
+  summary: Checks whether plan linting works correctly
+  environment:
+    EXPLICIT_ROOT: no
+
+/explicit-root:
+  summary: Checks whether plan linting works correctly with explicit --root
+
+  environment:
+    EXPLICIT_ROOT: yes
diff --git a/tests/plan/lint/test.sh b/tests/plan/lint/test.sh
index a4943915f1..e33543cf78 100755
--- a/tests/plan/lint/test.sh
+++ b/tests/plan/lint/test.sh
@@ -3,33 +3,38 @@
 
 rlJournalStart
     rlPhaseStartSetup
-        rlRun "pushd data"
+        if [ "$EXPLICIT_ROOT" = "yes" ]; then
+            tmt="tmt --root data"
+        else
+            tmt="tmt"
+            rlRun "pushd data"
+        fi
     rlPhaseEnd
 
     rlPhaseStartTest "Good"
-        rlRun -s "tmt plan lint good"
+        rlRun -s "$tmt plan lint good"
         rlAssertGrep "/good" $rlRun_LOG
         rlAssertNotGrep 'warn ' $rlRun_LOG
         rlRun "rm $rlRun_LOG"
 
-        rlRun -s "tmt plan lint valid_fmf"
+        rlRun -s "$tmt plan lint valid_fmf"
         rlAssertGrep "pass P005 remote fmf id in \"default-0\" is valid" $rlRun_LOG
         rlAssertNotGrep 'warn ' $rlRun_LOG
         rlRun "rm $rlRun_LOG"
 
-        rlRun -s "tmt plan lint multi_execute"
+        rlRun -s "$tmt plan lint multi_execute"
         rlAssertGrep "/multi_execute" $rlRun_LOG
         rlAssertNotGrep 'fail ' $rlRun_LOG
         rlRun "rm $rlRun_LOG"
     rlPhaseEnd
 
     rlPhaseStartTest "Bad"
-        rlRun -s "tmt plan lint bad" 1
+        rlRun -s "$tmt plan lint bad" 1
         rlAssertGrep "warn C000 fmf node failed schema validation" $rlRun_LOG
         rlAssertGrep "warn C001 summary key is missing" $rlRun_LOG
         rlAssertGrep "fail P002 execute step must be defined with \"how\"" $rlRun_LOG
 
-        rlRun -s "tmt plan lint invalid_how" 1
+        rlRun -s "$tmt plan lint invalid_how" 1
         rlAssertGrep "warn C000 value of \"how\" is not \"shell\"" $rlRun_LOG
         rlAssertGrep "warn C000 value of \"how\" is not \"fmf\"" $rlRun_LOG
         rlAssertGrep "warn C000 value of \"how\" is not \"tmt\"" $rlRun_LOG
@@ -39,20 +44,20 @@ rlJournalStart
         rlAssertGrep "fail P003 unknown execute method \"somehow\" in \"default-0\"" $rlRun_LOG
         rlAssertGrep "fail P004 unknown discover method \"somehow\" in \"default-0\"" $rlRun_LOG
 
-        rlRun -s "tmt plan lint invalid_url" 1
+        rlRun -s "$tmt plan lint invalid_url" 1
         rlAssertGrep "fail P005 remote fmf id in \"default-0\" is invalid, repo 'http://invalid-url' cannot be cloned" $rlRun_LOG
 
-        rlRun -s "tmt plan lint invalid_ref" 1
+        rlRun -s "$tmt plan lint invalid_ref" 1
         rlAssertGrep "fail P005 remote fmf id in \"default-0\" is invalid, git ref 'invalid-ref-123456' is invalid" $rlRun_LOG
 
-        rlRun -s "tmt plan lint invalid_path" 1
+        rlRun -s "$tmt plan lint invalid_path" 1
         rlAssertGrep "fail P005 remote fmf id in \"default-0\" is invalid, path '/invalid-path-123456' is invalid" $rlRun_LOG
 
-        rlRun -s "tmt plan lint multi_discover" 1
+        rlRun -s "$tmt plan lint multi_discover" 1
         rlAssertGrep "pass P005 remote fmf id in \"a\" is valid" $rlRun_LOG
         rlAssertGrep "fail P005 remote fmf id in \"b\" is invalid, repo 'http://invalid-url' cannot be cloned" $rlRun_LOG
 
-        rlRun -s "tmt plan lint invalid_attr" 1
+        rlRun -s "$tmt plan lint invalid_attr" 1
         rlAssertGrep "warn C000 fmf node failed schema validation" $rlRun_LOG
         rlAssertGrep "warn C001 summary key is missing" $rlRun_LOG
         rlAssertGrep "fail P001 unknown key \"discove\" is used" $rlRun_LOG
@@ -61,6 +66,8 @@ rlJournalStart
     rlPhaseEnd
 
     rlPhaseStartCleanup
-        rlRun "popd"
+        if [ "$EXPLICIT_ROOT" != "yes" ]; then
+            rlRun "popd"
+        fi
     rlPhaseEnd
 rlJournalEnd