diff --git a/lib/Occ.php b/lib/Occ.php
index 4786a2e..e28f1ed 100644
--- a/lib/Occ.php
+++ b/lib/Occ.php
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
  */
 class Occ {
 
+	// Variables defined in CI environments to pass automatically on
+	// to subshells when using remoteocc
+	const TESTING_ENV_VARS = [
+		'CI',
+		'PATH',
+	];
+
 	/**
 	 *
 	 * @var IRequest
@@ -103,6 +110,11 @@ private function getDefaultEnv() {
 				$env[$k] = $v;
 			}
 		}
+		foreach (self::TESTING_ENV_VARS as $k) {
+			if (\getenv($k)) {
+				$env[$k] = \getenv($k);
+			}
+		}
 		return $env;
 	}
 }