1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/test/simple/test-child-process-spawnsync-env.js b/test/simple/test-child-process-spawnsync-env.js
index 0cde9ffee..194be8f2f 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-child-process-spawnsync-env.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-child-process-spawnsync-env.js
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@
 var common = require('../common');
 var assert = require('assert');
 var cp = require('child_process');
+var util = require('util');
 
 if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
   console.log(process.env.foo);
 } else {
   var expected = 'bar';
   var child = cp.spawnSync(process.execPath, [__filename, 'child'], {
-    env: {foo: expected}
+    env: util._extend(process.env, {foo: expected})
   });
 
   assert.equal(child.stdout.toString().trim(), expected);