diff --git a/utils/kamctl/kamctl b/utils/kamctl/kamctl
index a5f51803d88..a4bee737564 100755
--- a/utils/kamctl/kamctl
+++ b/utils/kamctl/kamctl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 #
 # control tool for maintaining Kamailio
 #
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin/
 
 # for testing only, please don't enable this in production environments
 # as this introduce security risks
-TEST="false"
+if [ -z $KAMCTL_TEST ]; then
+	TEST="false"
+else
+	TEST="true"
+fi
+
 
 ### include config files
 
diff --git a/utils/kamctl/kamdbctl b/utils/kamctl/kamdbctl
index 4597afe09b2..ea772c02ecb 100755
--- a/utils/kamctl/kamdbctl
+++ b/utils/kamctl/kamdbctl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 #
 # control tool for maintaining Kamailio databases
 #
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin/
 
 # for testing only, please don't enable this in production environments
 # as this introduce security risks
-TEST="false"
+if [ -z $KAMCTL_TEST ]; then
+	TEST="false"
+else
+	TEST="true"
+fi
 
 ### include resource files, if any