diff --git a/tests/scripts/all.sh b/tests/scripts/all.sh
index c7bf4281d..a97189a90 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/all.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/all.sh
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ pre_initialize_variables () {
     FORCE=0
     KEEP_GOING=0
 
+    : ${MBEDTLS_TEST_PLATFORM="$(uname -s | tr -c \\n0-9A-Za-z _)-$(uname -m | tr -c \\n0-9A-Za-z _)"}
+    export MBEDTLS_TEST_PLATFORM
+
     # Default commands, can be overridden by the environment
     : ${OPENSSL:="openssl"}
     : ${OPENSSL_LEGACY:="$OPENSSL"}
@@ -1424,6 +1427,7 @@ run_component () {
     # The cleanup function will restore it.
     cp -p "$CONFIG_H" "$CONFIG_BAK"
     current_component="$1"
+    export MBEDTLS_TEST_CONFIGURATION="$current_component"
     "$@"
     cleanup
 }
diff --git a/tests/scripts/curves.pl b/tests/scripts/curves.pl
index 4791d5521..ebe49c51b 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/curves.pl
+++ b/tests/scripts/curves.pl
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ for my $curve (@curves) {
     print "\n******************************************\n";
     print "* Testing without curve: $curve\n";
     print "******************************************\n";
+    $ENV{MBEDTLS_TEST_CONFIGURATION} = "-$curve";
 
     system( "scripts/config.pl unset $curve" )
         and abort "Failed to disable $curve\n";
diff --git a/tests/scripts/depends-hashes.pl b/tests/scripts/depends-hashes.pl
index f57e7ed88..5dfc255ce 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/depends-hashes.pl
+++ b/tests/scripts/depends-hashes.pl
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ for my $hash (@hashes) {
     print "\n******************************************\n";
     print "* Testing without hash: $hash\n";
     print "******************************************\n";
+    $ENV{MBEDTLS_TEST_CONFIGURATION} = "-$hash";
 
     system( "scripts/config.pl unset $hash" )
         and abort "Failed to disable $hash\n";
diff --git a/tests/scripts/depends-pkalgs.pl b/tests/scripts/depends-pkalgs.pl
index 97a43e881..ce6f3d5e6 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/depends-pkalgs.pl
+++ b/tests/scripts/depends-pkalgs.pl
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ while( my ($alg, $extras) = each %algs ) {
     print "\n******************************************\n";
     print "* Testing without alg: $alg\n";
     print "******************************************\n";
+    $ENV{MBEDTLS_TEST_CONFIGURATION} = "-$alg";
 
     system( "scripts/config.pl unset $alg" )
         and abort "Failed to disable $alg\n";
diff --git a/tests/scripts/key-exchanges.pl b/tests/scripts/key-exchanges.pl
index 3bf7ae34f..bfde0693a 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/key-exchanges.pl
+++ b/tests/scripts/key-exchanges.pl
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ for my $kex (@kexes) {
     print "\n******************************************\n";
     print "* Testing with key exchange: $kex\n";
     print "******************************************\n";
+    $ENV{MBEDTLS_TEST_CONFIGURATION} = "-$kex";
 
     # full config with all key exchanges disabled except one
     system( "scripts/config.pl full" ) and abort "Failed config full\n";
diff --git a/tests/scripts/test-ref-configs.pl b/tests/scripts/test-ref-configs.pl
index a434b46b2..5e110113b 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/test-ref-configs.pl
+++ b/tests/scripts/test-ref-configs.pl
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ while( my ($conf, $data) = each %configs ) {
     print "\n******************************************\n";
     print "* Testing configuration: $conf\n";
     print "******************************************\n";
+    $ENV{MBEDTLS_TEST_CONFIGURATION} = "$conf";
 
     system( "cp configs/$conf $config_h" )
         and abort "Failed to activate $conf\n";