diff --git a/components/net/about_loader.rs b/components/net/about_loader.rs
index 30f34a100ae..55d4bf384ef 100644
--- a/components/net/about_loader.rs
+++ b/components/net/about_loader.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 use resource_task::{LoadResponse, Metadata, Done, LoadData, start_sending};
 use file_loader;
 
-use std::os;
 use std::io::fs::PathExtensions;
 use url::Url;
 use http::status::Ok as StatusOk;
+use servo_util::resource_files::resources_dir_path;
 
 
 pub fn factory(mut load_data: LoadData, start_chan: Sender<LoadResponse>) {
@@ -26,13 +26,8 @@ pub fn factory(mut load_data: LoadData, start_chan: Sender<LoadResponse>) {
         }
         "crash" => fail!("Loading the about:crash URL."),
         "failure" => {
-            // FIXME: Find a way to load this without relying on the `../src` directory.
-            let mut path = os::self_exe_path().expect("can't get exe path");
-            path.pop();
-            if !path.join(Path::new("./tests/")).is_dir() {
-                path.pop();
-            }
-            path.push_many(["tests", "html", "failure.html"]);
+            let mut path = resources_dir_path();
+            path.push("failure.html");
             assert!(path.exists());
             load_data.url = Url::from_file_path(&path).unwrap();
         }
diff --git a/components/style/selector_matching.rs b/components/style/selector_matching.rs
index 5b64840d491..fc37688cea0 100644
--- a/components/style/selector_matching.rs
+++ b/components/style/selector_matching.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use sync::Arc;
 use url::Url;
 
 use servo_util::bloom::BloomFilter;
+use servo_util::resource_files::read_resource_file;
 use servo_util::smallvec::VecLike;
 use servo_util::sort;
 use string_cache::Atom;
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ impl Stylist {
             rules_source_order: 0u,
         };
         let ua_stylesheet = Stylesheet::from_bytes(
-            include_bin!("user-agent.css"),
+            read_resource_file(["user-agent.css"]).unwrap().as_slice(),
             Url::parse("chrome:///user-agent.css").unwrap(),
             None,
             None);
diff --git a/components/util/lib.rs b/components/util/lib.rs
index 4de1cff459c..58289bfa581 100644
--- a/components/util/lib.rs
+++ b/components/util/lib.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ pub mod memory;
 pub mod namespace;
 pub mod opts;
 pub mod range;
+pub mod resource_files;
 pub mod smallvec;
 pub mod sort;
 pub mod str;
diff --git a/components/util/resource_files.rs b/components/util/resource_files.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f01c3e84e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/util/resource_files.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+use std::io::{File, IoResult};
+use std::io::fs::PathExtensions;
+use std::os;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+
+pub fn resources_dir_path() -> Path {
+    // FIXME: Find a way to not rely on the executable being under `<servo source>/target`.
+    let mut path = os::self_exe_path().expect("can't get exe path");
+    path.pop();
+    path.push("resources");
+    if !path.is_dir() {
+        path.pop();
+        path.pop();
+        path.push("resources");
+    }
+    path
+}
+
+
+pub fn read_resource_file(relative_path_components: &[&str]) -> IoResult<Vec<u8>> {
+    let mut path = resources_dir_path();
+    path.push_many(relative_path_components);
+    let mut file = try!(File::open(&path));
+    file.read_to_end()
+}
diff --git a/tests/html/failure.html b/resources/failure.html
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/html/failure.html
rename to resources/failure.html
diff --git a/components/style/user-agent.css b/resources/user-agent.css
similarity index 98%
rename from components/style/user-agent.css
rename to resources/user-agent.css
index 076d82ccd3d..209bafa4c2e 100644
--- a/components/style/user-agent.css
+++ b/resources/user-agent.css
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ body, div,
 dt, fieldset, form,
 frame, frameset,
 h1, h2, h3, h4,
-h5, h6, noframes, 
-center, dir, 
+h5, h6, noframes,
+center, dir,
 hr, menu, pre       { display: block; unicode-bidi: embed }
     head, noscript  { display: none }
     table           { display: table }
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ thead, tbody,
 /* lists */
 dd                  { display: block; margin-left: 40px }
 p, dl, multicol     { display: block; margin: 1em 0 }
-ul                  { display: block; list-style-type: disc; 
+ul                  { display: block; list-style-type: disc;
                       margin: 1em 0; padding-left: 40px }
 
 ol                  { display: block; list-style-type: decimal;