diff --git a/asyncgit/src/sync/utils.rs b/asyncgit/src/sync/utils.rs
index 3ecf8ffe..2f2e611c 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/sync/utils.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/sync/utils.rs
@@ -388,6 +388,10 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_stage_long_filepath() {
         let (_td, repo) = repo_init().unwrap();
 
+        repo.config()
+            .unwrap()
+            .set_bool("core.longpaths", true)
+            .unwrap();
         let file_name = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.txt";
         repo_write_file(&repo, file_name, "foobar").unwrap();