diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-integration.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-integration.sh
index 7332c74fe25..47e4dd908a3 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-integration.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-integration.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ runTests() {
   make -C "${KUBE_ROOT}" test \
       WHAT="${WHAT:-$(kube::test::find_integration_test_dirs | paste -sd' ' -)}" \
       GOFLAGS="${GOFLAGS:-}" \
-      KUBE_TEST_ARGS="${KUBE_TEST_ARGS:-} ${SHORT:--short=true} --vmodule=${KUBE_TEST_VMODULE} --alsologtostderr=true" \
+      KUBE_TEST_ARGS="--alsologtostderr=true ${KUBE_TEST_ARGS:-} ${SHORT:--short=true} --vmodule=${KUBE_TEST_VMODULE}" \
       KUBE_RACE="" \
       KUBE_TIMEOUT="${KUBE_TIMEOUT}" \
       KUBE_TEST_API_VERSIONS="$1"