diff --git a/tests/run.py b/tests/run.py
index 7b750ca92..d2d3b9fc8 100755
--- a/tests/run.py
+++ b/tests/run.py
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ tempdir.makedirs()
 print('Running Sphinx test suite (with Python %s)...' % sys.version.split()[0])
 sys.stdout.flush()
 
-nose.main()
+nose.main(argv=sys.argv)