diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/multimap.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/multimap.xml
index 5911197c1..9f558fa65 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/multimap.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/multimap.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   <property name="map.ext" value=".copy2"/>
   <property name="rootScratchDir" value="test_multi_mapper_scratch_area"/>
   <property name="baseScratchSrc" value="${rootScratchDir}/src"/>
+  <property name="baseScratchDest" value="${rootScratchDir}/dest"/>
 
   <target name="setup">
     <delete dir="${baseScratchSrc}"/>