diff --git a/lib/phpunit/bootstrap.php b/lib/phpunit/bootstrap.php
index af83492874f..6ead09fec42 100644
--- a/lib/phpunit/bootstrap.php
+++ b/lib/phpunit/bootstrap.php
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ $CFG->prefix    = isset($CFG->phpunit_prefix) ? $CFG->phpunit_prefix : $CFG->pre
 $CFG->dboptions = isset($CFG->phpunit_dboptions) ? $CFG->phpunit_dboptions : $CFG->dboptions;
 
 $allowed = array('wwwroot', 'dataroot', 'dirroot', 'admin', 'directorypermissions', 'filepermissions',
-                 'dbtype', 'dblibrary', 'dbhost', 'dbname', 'dbuser', 'dbpass', 'prefix', 'dboptions');
+                 'dbtype', 'dblibrary', 'dbhost', 'dbname', 'dbuser', 'dbpass', 'prefix', 'dboptions',
+                 'proxyhost', 'proxyport', 'proxytype', 'proxyuser', 'proxypassword', 'proxybypass', // keep proxy settings from config.php
+                );
 $productioncfg = (array)$CFG;
 $CFG = new stdClass();
 foreach ($productioncfg as $key=>$value) {