diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 7a74f556b..7bfe10177 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ For packagers:
   called `Confuse`_, released as :pypi:`confuse`. Beets now depends on this
   package. Confuse has existed separately for some time and is used by
   unrelated projects, but until now we've been bundling a copy within beets.
+* We attempted to fix an unreliable test, so a patch to `skip <https://sources.debian.org/src/beets/1.4.7-2/debian/patches/skip-broken-test/>`_
+  or `repair <https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/openSUSE:Factory/beets/fix_test_command_line_option_relative_to_working_dir.diff?expand=1>`_
+  the test may no longer be necessary.
 
 .. _MediaFile: https://github.com/beetbox/mediafile
 .. _Confuse: https://github.com/beetbox/confuse
diff --git a/test/test_ui.py b/test/test_ui.py
index da3160db7..110e80782 100644
--- a/test/test_ui.py
+++ b/test/test_ui.py
@@ -918,6 +918,7 @@ class ConfigTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper, _common.Assertions):
         )
 
     def test_command_line_option_relative_to_working_dir(self):
+        config.read()
         os.chdir(self.temp_dir)
         self.run_command('--library', 'foo.db', 'test', lib=None)
         self.assert_equal_path(config['library'].as_filename(),