diff --git a/tests/actionsapitests.py b/tests/actionsapitests.py
index 43b4f4ea..247bd9d5 100644
--- a/tests/actionsapitests.py
+++ b/tests/actionsapitests.py
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ import testcase
 
 class ActionsAPITestCase(testcase.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
+        from pisi.actionsapi.variables import initVariables
+
         testcase.TestCase.setUp(self)
+        initVariables()
         #FIXME: test incomplete
         return
         self.f = zipfile.ZipFile("helloworld-0.1-1.pisi", "r")