diff --git a/src/tests/kvm/virtme-run.sh b/src/tests/kvm/virtme-run.sh
index 6b877f1d6..eb62a6798 100755
--- a/src/tests/kvm/virtme-run.sh
+++ b/src/tests/kvm/virtme-run.sh
@@ -12,12 +12,18 @@ TEST_BUILD_DIR="$5"
 TEST_RESULT_FILE=$(mktemp -p "$TEST_BUILD_DIR" -t test-result-XXXXXX)
 echo 1 > "$TEST_RESULT_FILE"
 
+VIRTME_ENV="\
+HOME=$HOME \
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
+XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS \
+"
+
 virtme-run \
   --memory=256M \
   --rw \
   --pwd \
   --kimg "$IMAGE" \
-  --script-sh "sh -c \"env HOME=$HOME $DIRNAME/run-kvm-test.sh \\\"$WRAPPER\\\" \\\"$WRAPPER_ARGS\\\" \\\"$TEST_EXECUTABLE\\\" \\\"$TEST_RESULT_FILE\\\"\""
+  --script-sh "sh -c \"env $VIRTME_ENV $DIRNAME/run-kvm-test.sh \\\"$WRAPPER\\\" \\\"$WRAPPER_ARGS\\\" \\\"$TEST_EXECUTABLE\\\" \\\"$TEST_RESULT_FILE\\\"\""
 
 TEST_RESULT="$(cat "$TEST_RESULT_FILE")"
 rm "$TEST_RESULT_FILE"