diff --git a/src/tests/kvm/virtme-run.sh b/src/tests/kvm/virtme-run.sh
index a109dafe7..755f28007 100755
--- a/src/tests/kvm/virtme-run.sh
+++ b/src/tests/kvm/virtme-run.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ VIRTME_ENV="\
 HOME=$HOME \
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
 XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS \
+MUTTER_DEBUG=$MUTTER_DEBUG \
 $VM_ENV \
 "