diff --git a/script/test/cri-integration.sh b/script/test/cri-integration.sh
index 76cd738f0..5835d53d7 100755
--- a/script/test/cri-integration.sh
+++ b/script/test/cri-integration.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,17 @@ mkdir -p "${REPORT_DIR}"
 test_setup "${REPORT_DIR}"
 
 # Run integration test.
-${sudo} bin/cri-integration.test --test.run="${FOCUS}" --test.v \
+CMD=""
+if [ -n "${sudo}" ]; then
+  CMD+="${sudo} "
+  # sudo strips environment variables, so add ENABLE_CRI_SANDBOXES back if present
+  if [ -n  "${ENABLE_CRI_SANDBOXES}" ]; then
+    CMD+="ENABLE_CRI_SANDBOXES='${ENABLE_CRI_SANDBOXES}' "
+  fi
+fi
+CMD+="${PWD}/bin/cri-integration.test"
+
+${CMD} --test.run="${FOCUS}" --test.v \
   --cri-endpoint="${CONTAINERD_SOCK}" \
   --cri-root="${CRI_ROOT}" \
   --runtime-handler="${RUNTIME}" \