diff --git a/test/runner/injector/virtualenv.sh b/test/runner/injector/virtualenv.sh
index c6633a2521..ccde29748c 100644
--- a/test/runner/injector/virtualenv.sh
+++ b/test/runner/injector/virtualenv.sh
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 
 rm -rf "${OUTPUT_DIR}/venv"
 "${ANSIBLE_TEST_PYTHON_INTERPRETER}" -m virtualenv --system-site-packages --python "${ANSIBLE_TEST_PYTHON_INTERPRETER}" "${OUTPUT_DIR}/venv"
+set +ux
+source "${OUTPUT_DIR}/venv/bin/activate"
+set -ux