diff --git a/test/03_before_build/environment.json b/test/03_before_build/environment.json
index 77cdbb10..ef0a0fab 100644
--- a/test/03_before_build/environment.json
+++ b/test/03_before_build/environment.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD": "{python} -c \"import sys; open('version.txt', 'w').write(sys.version)\""
+    "CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD": "echo $PATH && {python} -c \"import sys; open('version.txt', 'w').write(sys.version)\""
 }