diff --git a/libs/entitlement/qa/entitlement-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/qa/test/LoadNativeLibrariesCheckActions.java b/libs/entitlement/qa/entitlement-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/qa/test/LoadNativeLibrariesCheckActions.java
index 50980bc230f55..5b3265c5496ba 100644
--- a/libs/entitlement/qa/entitlement-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/qa/test/LoadNativeLibrariesCheckActions.java
+++ b/libs/entitlement/qa/entitlement-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/qa/test/LoadNativeLibrariesCheckActions.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 class LoadNativeLibrariesCheckActions {
     static void runtimeLoad() {
         try {
-            Runtime.getRuntime().load("libSomeLibFile.so");
+            Runtime.getRuntime().load(FileCheckActions.readDir().resolve("libSomeLibFile.so").toString());
         } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError ignored) {
             // The library does not exist, so we expect to fail loading it
         }
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static void runtimeLoad() {
 
     static void systemLoad() {
         try {
-            System.load("libSomeLibFile.so");
+            System.load(FileCheckActions.readDir().resolve("libSomeLibFile.so").toString());
         } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError ignored) {
             // The library does not exist, so we expect to fail loading it
         }
diff --git a/libs/entitlement/qa/entitlement-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/qa/test/NativeActions.java b/libs/entitlement/qa/entitlement-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/qa/test/NativeActions.java
index 5079e0d38a001..d731f850e0f4d 100644
--- a/libs/entitlement/qa/entitlement-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/qa/test/NativeActions.java
+++ b/libs/entitlement/qa/entitlement-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/qa/test/NativeActions.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void memorySegmentReinterpretWithSizeAndCleanup() {
     @EntitlementTest(expectedAccess = PLUGINS)
     static void symbolLookupWithPath() {
         try {
-            SymbolLookup.libraryLookup(Path.of("/foo/bar/libFoo.so"), Arena.ofAuto());
+            SymbolLookup.libraryLookup(FileCheckActions.readDir().resolve("libFoo.so"), Arena.ofAuto());
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
             // IllegalArgumentException is thrown if path does not point to a valid library (and it does not)
         }
diff --git a/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/api/ElasticsearchEntitlementChecker.java b/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/api/ElasticsearchEntitlementChecker.java
index 986d8bee5bf27..2265ee7f62123 100644
--- a/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/api/ElasticsearchEntitlementChecker.java
+++ b/libs/entitlement/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/entitlement/runtime/api/ElasticsearchEntitlementChecker.java
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ public void checkSelectorProviderInheritedChannel(Class<?> callerClass, Selector
 
     @Override
     public void check$java_lang_Runtime$load(Class<?> callerClass, Runtime that, String filename) {
-        // TODO: check filesystem entitlement READ
+        policyManager.checkFileRead(callerClass, Path.of(filename));
         policyManager.checkLoadingNativeLibraries(callerClass);
     }
 
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ public void checkSelectorProviderInheritedChannel(Class<?> callerClass, Selector
 
     @Override
     public void check$java_lang_System$$load(Class<?> callerClass, String filename) {
-        // TODO: check filesystem entitlement READ
+        policyManager.checkFileRead(callerClass, Path.of(filename));
         policyManager.checkLoadingNativeLibraries(callerClass);
     }
 
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ public void checkSelectorProviderInheritedChannel(Class<?> callerClass, Selector
 
     @Override
     public void check$java_lang_foreign_SymbolLookup$$libraryLookup(Class<?> callerClass, Path path, Arena arena) {
-        // TODO: check filesystem entitlement READ
+        policyManager.checkFileRead(callerClass, path);
         policyManager.checkLoadingNativeLibraries(callerClass);
     }