diff --git a/scripts/terraform/terraform.mk b/scripts/terraform/terraform.mk
index 0565ea6fe..54d07a88a 100644
--- a/scripts/terraform/terraform.mk
+++ b/scripts/terraform/terraform.mk
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ terraform-validate: terraform-init-no-backend # Validate Terraform changes - mak
 
 notifications-smoke-test:
 	if test "${RUN_NOTIFICATIONS_SMOKE_TEST}" == "true"; then
-		export ENVIRONMENT
+		$(eval export ENVIRONMENT=${ENVIRONMENT})
 		pip install pytest mesh-client
 		pytest -vv scripts/python/smoke_test/notifications_smoke_test.py
 	else