diff --git a/tools/scripts/mk-drupal-test-site b/tools/scripts/mk-drupal-test-site
index 39d50490cf257dee16664f0f05b67938983af8fb..67be6b68822eed118fe38ff7d5e6297a27e30345 100755
--- a/tools/scripts/mk-drupal-test-site
+++ b/tools/scripts/mk-drupal-test-site
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ cat > "$CIVI_ROOT/bin/setup.conf" << EOF
   DBPASS="$DB_PASS"
   DBARGS=""
   PHP5PATH=
-  DBLOAD=
+  DBLOAD="$DBLOAD"
   # DBADD=
 EOF