diff --git a/test/hwdb-test.sh b/test/hwdb-test.sh
index 432a49fa1b..89a5c7ed4e 100755
--- a/test/hwdb-test.sh
+++ b/test/hwdb-test.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 set -e
 
 export SYSTEMD_LOG_LEVEL=info
+export SYSTEMD_HWDB_UPDATE_BYPASS=0
 ROOTDIR="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")")"
 SYSTEMD_HWDB="${1:?}"