diff --git a/common/config b/common/config
index 96503c67..4b3402e6 100644
--- a/common/config
+++ b/common/config
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ export MAN_PROG="`set_prog_path man`"
 export NFS4_SETFACL_PROG="`set_prog_path nfs4_setfacl`"
 export NFS4_GETFACL_PROG="`set_prog_path nfs4_getfacl`"
 export UBIUPDATEVOL_PROG="`set_prog_path ubiupdatevol`"
+export THIN_CHECK_PROG="$(set_prog_path thin_check)"
 
 # use 'udevadm settle' or 'udevsettle' to wait for lv to be settled.
 # newer systems have udevadm command but older systems like RHEL5 don't.
diff --git a/tests/generic/459 b/tests/generic/459
index 7c10c2ab..d1ad3720 100755
--- a/tests/generic/459
+++ b/tests/generic/459
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ _supported_os Linux
 _require_scratch_nocheck
 _require_dm_target thin-pool
 _require_command $LVM_PROG lvm
+_require_command "$THIN_CHECK_PROG" thin_check
 _require_freeze
 
 # remove previous $seqres.full before test