diff --git a/tests/ZDOTDIR.shwordsplit/.zshenv b/tests/ZDOTDIR.shwordsplit/.zshenv
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+# Source base setup.
+source ${ZDOTDIR}/../ZDOTDIR/.zshenv
+
+setopt shwordsplit