diff --git a/openmp/runtime/test/lit.cfg b/openmp/runtime/test/lit.cfg
--- a/openmp/runtime/test/lit.cfg
+++ b/openmp/runtime/test/lit.cfg
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@
 if 'INTEL_LICENSE_FILE' in os.environ:
     config.environment['INTEL_LICENSE_FILE'] = os.environ['INTEL_LICENSE_FILE']
 
+# set default environment variables for test
+if 'LIBOMP_TEST_ENV' in os.environ:
+    test_env = os.environ['LIBOMP_TEST_ENV'].split()
+    for env in test_env:
+        name = env.split('=')[0]
+        value = env.split('=')[1]
+        config.environment[name] = value
+
 # substitutions
 config.substitutions.append(("%libomp-compile-and-run", \
     "%libomp-compile && %libomp-run"))