diff --git a/test/units/TEST-87-AUX-UTILS-VM.coredump.sh b/test/units/TEST-87-AUX-UTILS-VM.coredump.sh
index 4f2bbf40c8..19f0fa280e 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-87-AUX-UTILS-VM.coredump.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-87-AUX-UTILS-VM.coredump.sh
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ rm -f /tmp/core.{output,redirected}
 
 # Unprivileged stuff
 # Related issue: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/26912
-UNPRIV_CMD=(systemd-run --user --wait --pipe -M "testuser@.host" --)
+UNPRIV_CMD=(systemd-run --user --wait --pipe -M "testuser@.host" -E SYSTEMD_PAGER --)
 # Trigger a couple of coredumps as an unprivileged user
 "${UNPRIV_CMD[@]}" "$MAKE_DUMP_SCRIPT" "$CORE_TEST_UNPRIV_BIN" "SIGTRAP"
 "${UNPRIV_CMD[@]}" "$MAKE_DUMP_SCRIPT" "$CORE_TEST_UNPRIV_BIN" "SIGABRT"