diff --git a/test/integration/test_test_infra.yml b/test/integration/test_test_infra.yml
index b05d0e2e3e7..b78e36d2c92 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_test_infra.yml
+++ b/test/integration/test_test_infra.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 - hosts: testhost
   gather_facts: no
-  tasks: 
+  tags:
+    - always
+  tasks:
   - fail:
     ignore_errors: yes
     register: fail_out
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@
     register: assert_out
 
   - debug:
-      msg: assert works ({{ assert_out.failed }}) 
+      msg: assert works ({{ assert_out.failed }})
 
   - fail:
       msg: fail actually failed
diff --git a/test/utils/run_tests.sh b/test/utils/run_tests.sh
index d4787da69a0..05c110d19e7 100755
--- a/test/utils/run_tests.sh
+++ b/test/utils/run_tests.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ if [ "${TARGET}" = "sanity" ]; then
 else
     docker build --pull=true -t ansible_test/${TARGET} test/utils/docker/${TARGET}
     docker run -d --volume="${PWD}:/root/ansible" ${TARGET_OPTIONS} ansible_test/${TARGET} > /tmp/cid_${TARGET}
-    docker exec -ti $(cat /tmp/cid_${TARGET}) /bin/sh -c 'cd /root/ansible; . hacking/env-setup; (cd test/integration; LC_ALL=en_US.utf-8 make)'
+    docker exec -ti $(cat /tmp/cid_${TARGET}) /bin/sh -c "export TEST_FLAGS='${TEST_FLAGS}'; cd /root/ansible; . hacking/env-setup; (cd test/integration; LC_ALL=en_US.utf-8 make)"
     docker kill $(cat /tmp/cid_${TARGET})
 fi