diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmCTestScriptHandler.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmCTestScriptHandler.cxx
index 5983e688b..fdf17e0e0 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmCTestScriptHandler.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmCTestScriptHandler.cxx
@@ -583,6 +583,10 @@ void cmCTestScriptHandler::SleepInSeconds(unsigned int secondsToWait)
 int cmCTestScriptHandler::RunConfigurationScript
 (const std::string& total_script_arg, bool pscope)
 {
+#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE
+  cmSystemTools::SaveRestoreEnvironment sre;
+#endif
+
   int result;
 
   this->ScriptStartTime =
diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
index 89a241ded..351e1b106 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
@@ -1673,6 +1673,18 @@ void cmSystemTools::RestoreEnv(const std::vector<std::string>& env)
     PutEnv(eit->c_str());
     }
 }
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+cmSystemTools::SaveRestoreEnvironment::SaveRestoreEnvironment()
+{
+  this->Env = cmSystemTools::GetEnvironmentVariables();
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+cmSystemTools::SaveRestoreEnvironment::~SaveRestoreEnvironment()
+{
+  cmSystemTools::RestoreEnv(this->Env);
+}
 #endif
 
 void cmSystemTools::EnableVSConsoleOutput()
diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.h b/Source/cmSystemTools.h
index e5bb305d7..ed924dd61 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.h
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.h
@@ -358,6 +358,20 @@ public:
       AppendEnv to put the environment back to the way it
       was. */
   static void RestoreEnv(const std::vector<std::string>& env);
+
+  /** Helper class to save and restore the environment.
+      Instantiate this class as an automatic variable on
+      the stack. Its constructor saves a copy of the current
+      environment and then its destructor restores the
+      original environment. */
+  class SaveRestoreEnvironment
+  {
+  public:
+    SaveRestoreEnvironment();
+    virtual ~SaveRestoreEnvironment();
+  private:
+    std::vector<std::string> Env;
+  };
 #endif
 
   /** Setup the environment to enable VS 8 IDE output.  */