diff --git a/core/autoload/test.el b/core/autoload/test.el
index 6a0742c5a..002159f86 100644
--- a/core/autoload/test.el
+++ b/core/autoload/test.el
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ If neither is available, run all tests in all enabled modules."
                  (error "Expected a list of cons, got: %s" modules)))
 
               (t
-               (setq modules (doom--module-pairs)
-                     targets (list (expand-file-name "test/" doom-core-dir)))))
+               (let ((noninteractive t)
+                     doom-modules)
+                 (load (expand-file-name "init.test.el" user-emacs-directory) nil t)
+                 (setq modules (doom--module-pairs)
+                       targets (list (expand-file-name "test/" doom-core-dir))))))
         ;; resolve targets to a list of test files and load them
         (cl-loop with targets =
                  (append targets