diff -r e38ac7e364d4 -r 459c0537273b tests/run-tests.py
--- a/tests/run-tests.py	Thu May 10 18:21:15 2012 +0200
+++ b/tests/run-tests.py	Tue May 08 15:46:51 2012 -0500
@@ -1187,6 +1187,7 @@
     os.environ['http_proxy'] = ''
     os.environ['no_proxy'] = ''
     os.environ['NO_PROXY'] = ''
+    os.environ['TERM'] = 'xterm'
 
     # unset env related to hooks
     for k in os.environ.keys():