diff --git a/tests/testing_utils.py b/tests/testing_utils.py
index 19a462c0a2..06e666ed4a 100644
--- a/tests/testing_utils.py
+++ b/tests/testing_utils.py
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 
 
 def get_sam_command():
+    if os.getenv("SAM_WINDOWS_BINARY_PATH"):
+        return os.getenv("SAM_WINDOWS_BINARY_PATH")
     return "samdev" if os.getenv("SAM_CLI_DEV") else "sam"