diff --git a/test/ci-test b/test/ci-test
index b694ed1bcb..49f87891f8 100755
--- a/test/ci-test
+++ b/test/ci-test
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ant locales
 
-PHPUNIT_ARGS="--exclude-group selenium"
+export PHPUNIT_ARGS="--exclude-group selenium"
 
 if [ $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION = "hhvm" ] ; then
     ant phpunit-hhvm