diff --git a/phpunit/phpunit/4.7/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit/phpunit/4.7/phpunit.xml.dist
index 8326851b..488cd2c4 100644
--- a/phpunit/phpunit/4.7/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit/phpunit/4.7/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
 >
     <php>
         <ini name="error_reporting" value="-1" />
-        <server name="KERNEL_CLASS" value="App\Kernel" />
+        <env name="KERNEL_CLASS" value="App\Kernel" />
+        <env name="APP_ENV" value="test" />
+        <env name="APP_DEBUG" value="1" />
+        <env name="APP_SECRET" value="s$cretf0rt3st" />
+        <!-- define your env variables for the test env here -->
     </php>
 
     <testsuites>
diff --git a/symfony/phpunit-bridge/3.3/phpunit.xml.dist b/symfony/phpunit-bridge/3.3/phpunit.xml.dist
index 8326851b..488cd2c4 100644
--- a/symfony/phpunit-bridge/3.3/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/symfony/phpunit-bridge/3.3/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
 >
     <php>
         <ini name="error_reporting" value="-1" />
-        <server name="KERNEL_CLASS" value="App\Kernel" />
+        <env name="KERNEL_CLASS" value="App\Kernel" />
+        <env name="APP_ENV" value="test" />
+        <env name="APP_DEBUG" value="1" />
+        <env name="APP_SECRET" value="s$cretf0rt3st" />
+        <!-- define your env variables for the test env here -->
     </php>
 
     <testsuites>