diff --git a/minicluster/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/miniclusterImpl/MiniAccumuloClusterControl.java b/minicluster/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/miniclusterImpl/MiniAccumuloClusterControl.java
index 9395dcd638c..b9a0c5eb683 100644
--- a/minicluster/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/miniclusterImpl/MiniAccumuloClusterControl.java
+++ b/minicluster/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/miniclusterImpl/MiniAccumuloClusterControl.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.apache.accumulo.cluster.ClusterControl;
 import org.apache.accumulo.core.Constants;
 import org.apache.accumulo.core.conf.Property;
+import org.apache.accumulo.core.conf.SiteConfiguration;
 import org.apache.accumulo.core.data.ResourceGroupId;
 import org.apache.accumulo.minicluster.ServerType;
 import org.apache.accumulo.miniclusterImpl.MiniAccumuloClusterImpl.ProcessInfo;
@@ -312,6 +313,8 @@ public synchronized void stop(ServerType server, String hostname) throws IOExcep
           try {
             cluster.stopProcessWithTimeout(managerProcess, 30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
             try {
+              System.setProperty(SiteConfiguration.ACCUMULO_PROPERTIES_PROPERTY,
+                  "file://" + this.cluster.getAccumuloPropertiesPath());
               new ZooZap().execute(new String[] {"-manager"});
             } catch (Exception e) {
               log.error("Error zapping Manager zookeeper lock", e);