diff --git a/benchmarks/utils/__init__.py b/benchmarks/utils/__init__.py
index 1907035491faab94ecf62db91d81b162a851571c_YmVuY2htYXJrcy91dGlscy9fX2luaXRfXy5weQ==..32146bd5bdfa94c7c7629187d1cccdc730047519_YmVuY2htYXJrcy91dGlscy9fX2luaXRfXy5weQ== 100644
--- a/benchmarks/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/benchmarks/utils/__init__.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
 
         # keep some environment variables
         # SSH_AUTH_SOCK for hg over ssh
-        for key in ('SSH_AUTH_SOCK',):
+        for key in ('SSH_AUTH_SOCK', 'HGMODULEPOLICY'):
             if key in os.environ:
                 self.environ[key] = os.environ[key]
         # define the cache dir for simplicity