diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e70fa9ab..6778d76c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 v3.0.4 - YYYY-MMM-DD (to be released)
 -------------------------------------
 
+ - Regression: Sets MODSECURITY env var during the tests execution
+   [@zimmerle]
  - Fix setenv action to strdup key=variable
    [@zimmerle]
  - Allow 0 length JSON requests.
diff --git a/test/regression/regression.cc b/test/regression/regression.cc
index 15721a13..6f5b3a44 100644
--- a/test/regression/regression.cc
+++ b/test/regression/regression.cc
@@ -424,6 +424,11 @@ after_debug_log:
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     ModSecurityTest<RegressionTest> test;
+
+    std::string ver(MODSECURITY_VERSION);
+    std::string envvar("MODSECURITY=ModSecurity " + ver + " regression tests");
+
+    putenv(strdup(envvar.c_str()));
 #ifndef NO_LOGS
     int test_number = 0;
 #endif