diff --git a/autotest.sh b/autotest.sh
index 0eb1948b5..fb0b7fb43 100755
--- a/autotest.sh
+++ b/autotest.sh
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ if [ $SPDK_RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TEST -eq 1 ]; then
 		run_test "rocksdb" ./test/blobfs/rocksdb/rocksdb.sh
 		run_test "blobstore" ./test/blobstore/blobstore.sh
 		run_test "blobfs" ./test/blobfs/blobfs.sh
+		run_test "hello_blob" ./examples/blob/hello_world/hello_blob \
+			examples/blob/hello_world/hello_blob.conf
 	fi
 
 	if [ $SPDK_TEST_NVMF -eq 1 ]; then
diff --git a/examples/blob/hello_world/hello_blob.c b/examples/blob/hello_world/hello_blob.c
index c4f7f56d7..2557336f8 100644
--- a/examples/blob/hello_world/hello_blob.c
+++ b/examples/blob/hello_world/hello_blob.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	 * specify a name for the app.
 	 */
 	opts.name = "hello_blob";
-	opts.config_file = "hello_blob.conf";
+	opts.config_file = argv[1];
 
 
 	/*