diff --git a/scripts/qa/test-build b/scripts/qa/test-build
index 9cf4a0e8e..3ad99440e 100755
--- a/scripts/qa/test-build
+++ b/scripts/qa/test-build
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ WARNED='0'
 FAILED='0'
 FEATURES='-ipc-sandbox -network-sandbox -pid-sandbox'
 export FEATURES
+[ -d '/etc/portage/env' ] || mkdir -p /etc/portage/env/
+printf 'FEATURES="%s test' "${FEATURES}" >> /etc/portage/env/features-test
 
 pretend_build() {
   emerge --getbinpkg=y --buildpkg=n --jobs="$(nproc)" --load-average="$(nproc)" --verbose --pretend "${1}"
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ build() {
 for i in $(git --no-pager diff --name-only "$(git rev-parse --verify origin/master 2> /dev/null)" HEAD); do
   if [ "${i%.ebuild}" != "${i}" ]; then
     test_ebuild="$(printf '%s' "${i%.ebuild}" | awk -F'/' '{print "="$1"/"$3}')"
+    printf '%s features-test' "${test_ebuild}" >> /etc/portage/package.env
     printf '%s looks like an ebuild, testing visibility\n' "${i}"
     if pretend_build "${test_ebuild}" ; then
       printf '%s appears to be unmasked, building deps\n' "${i}"