diff --git a/test/lib/flavour-ndev-cluster.sh b/test/lib/flavour-ndev-cluster.sh
index 013b02dc8..362906952 100644
--- a/test/lib/flavour-ndev-cluster.sh
+++ b/test/lib/flavour-ndev-cluster.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-LVM_TEST_LOCKING=3
+export LVM_TEST_LOCKING=3
diff --git a/test/lib/flavour-ndev-lvmetad.sh b/test/lib/flavour-ndev-lvmetad.sh
index 6f8c2d4d5..cb3c49e80 100644
--- a/test/lib/flavour-ndev-lvmetad.sh
+++ b/test/lib/flavour-ndev-lvmetad.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-LVM_TEST_LOCKING=1
-LVM_TEST_LVMETAD=1
+export LVM_TEST_LOCKING=1
+export LVM_TEST_LVMETAD=1
diff --git a/test/lib/flavour-ndev-vanilla.sh b/test/lib/flavour-ndev-vanilla.sh
index b3f4ceef1..1899c948e 100644
--- a/test/lib/flavour-ndev-vanilla.sh
+++ b/test/lib/flavour-ndev-vanilla.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-LVM_TEST_LOCKING=1
+export LVM_TEST_LOCKING=1
diff --git a/test/lib/flavour-udev-cluster.sh b/test/lib/flavour-udev-cluster.sh
index 7c3761607..a9025a618 100644
--- a/test/lib/flavour-udev-cluster.sh
+++ b/test/lib/flavour-udev-cluster.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-LVM_TEST_LOCKING=3
-LVM_TEST_DEVDIR=/dev
+export LVM_TEST_LOCKING=3
+export LVM_TEST_DEVDIR=/dev
diff --git a/test/lib/flavour-udev-lvmetad.sh b/test/lib/flavour-udev-lvmetad.sh
index e1dac52b7..13be32ea2 100644
--- a/test/lib/flavour-udev-lvmetad.sh
+++ b/test/lib/flavour-udev-lvmetad.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-LVM_TEST_LOCKING=1
-LVM_TEST_LVMETAD=1
-LVM_TEST_DEVDIR=/dev
+export LVM_TEST_LOCKING=1
+export LVM_TEST_LVMETAD=1
+export LVM_TEST_DEVDIR=/dev
diff --git a/test/lib/flavour-udev-vanilla.sh b/test/lib/flavour-udev-vanilla.sh
index 09d023a6f..ca778a6d8 100644
--- a/test/lib/flavour-udev-vanilla.sh
+++ b/test/lib/flavour-udev-vanilla.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-LVM_TEST_LOCKING=1
-LVM_TEST_DEVDIR=/dev
+export LVM_TEST_LOCKING=1
+export LVM_TEST_DEVDIR=/dev