diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_ssl_certificate_test.go b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_ssl_certificate_test.go
index 5d84527d9..a237bea16 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_ssl_certificate_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_ssl_certificate_test.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const testAccComputeSslCertificate_basic = `
 resource "google_compute_ssl_certificate" "foobar" {
 	name = "terraform-test"
 	description = "very descriptive"
-	private_key = "${file("~/cert/example.key")}"
-	certificate = "${file("~/cert/example.crt")}"
+	private_key = "${file("test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.key")}"
+	certificate = "${file("test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.crt")}"
 }
 `
diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_target_https_proxy_test.go b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_target_https_proxy_test.go
index 14ae8b30b..af3704d3e 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_target_https_proxy_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/resource_compute_target_https_proxy_test.go
@@ -142,15 +142,15 @@ resource "google_compute_url_map" "foobar" {
 resource "google_compute_ssl_certificate" "foobar1" {
 	name = "terraform-test1"
 	description = "very descriptive"
-	private_key = "${file("~/cert/example.key")}"
-	certificate = "${file("~/cert/example.crt")}"
+	private_key = "${file("test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.key")}"
+	certificate = "${file("test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.crt")}"
 }
 
 resource "google_compute_ssl_certificate" "foobar2" {
 	name = "terraform-test2"
 	description = "very descriptive"
-	private_key = "${file("~/cert/example.key")}"
-	certificate = "${file("~/cert/example.crt")}"
+	private_key = "${file("test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.key")}"
+	certificate = "${file("test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.crt")}"
 }
 `
 
@@ -199,14 +199,14 @@ resource "google_compute_url_map" "foobar" {
 resource "google_compute_ssl_certificate" "foobar1" {
 	name = "terraform-test1"
 	description = "very descriptive"
-	private_key = "${file("~/cert/example.key")}"
-	certificate = "${file("~/cert/example.crt")}"
+	private_key = "${file("test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.key")}"
+	certificate = "${file("test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.crt")}"
 }
 
 resource "google_compute_ssl_certificate" "foobar2" {
 	name = "terraform-test2"
 	description = "very descriptive"
-	private_key = "${file("~/cert/example.key")}"
-	certificate = "${file("~/cert/example.crt")}"
+	private_key = "${file("test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.key")}"
+	certificate = "${file("test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.crt")}"
 }
 `
diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.crt b/builtin/providers/google/test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.crt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..122d22d85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.crt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.csr b/builtin/providers/google/test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.csr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dee9945ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.csr
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
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+-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
diff --git a/builtin/providers/google/test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.key b/builtin/providers/google/test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.key
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92dd45137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/google/test-fixtures/ssl_cert/test.key
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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