diff --git a/container-images/tcib/base/ansible-tests/run_ansible.sh b/container-images/tcib/base/ansible-tests/run_ansible.sh
index 4a5046c..e6ae8f5 100644
--- a/container-images/tcib/base/ansible-tests/run_ansible.sh
+++ b/container-images/tcib/base/ansible-tests/run_ansible.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 ANSIBLE_DIR="/var/lib/ansible/ansible"
+ANSIBLE_FILE_EXTRA_VARS_PARAM="${ANSIBLE_FILE_EXTRA_VARS_PARAM:-}"
+POD_ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK="${POD_ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK:-}"
+POD_ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS="${POD_ANSIBLE_EXTRA_VARS:-}"
+POD_ANSIBLE_GIT_REPO="${POD_ANSIBLE_GIT_REPO:-}"
 
 # Check and set ansible debug verbosity
 ANSIBLE_DEBUG=""