diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0f504231b6e95..eb8a7f7dd9cba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ composer.phar
 package.tar
 /packages.json
 /.phpunit
+/.phpunit.php
diff --git a/phpunit b/phpunit
index 6d66f7b2b252a..1ffd08c25acf1 100755
--- a/phpunit
+++ b/phpunit
@@ -183,7 +183,13 @@ if (isset($argv[1]) && 'symfony' === $argv[1]) {
     // Run regular phpunit in a subprocess
 
     $errFile = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'phpunit.stderr.');
-    if ($proc = proc_open(sprintf($cmd, '', ' 2> '.ProcessUtils::escapeArgument($errFile)), array(1 => array('pipe', 'w')), $pipes)) {
+    $env = null;
+
+    if (is_file(__DIR__.'/.phpunit.php')) {
+        $env = require __DIR__.'/.phpunit.php';
+    }
+
+    if ($proc = proc_open(sprintf($cmd, '', ' 2> '.ProcessUtils::escapeArgument($errFile)), array(1 => array('pipe', 'w')), $pipes, null, $env)) {
         stream_copy_to_stream($pipes[1], STDOUT);
         fclose($pipes[1]);
         $exit = proc_close($proc);