diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test-integration.sh b/hack/make-rules/test-integration.sh
index 68789119280..414992d3180 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test-integration.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test-integration.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ runTests() {
   make -C "${KUBE_ROOT}" test \
       WHAT="${WHAT:-$(kube::test::find_integration_test_dirs | paste -sd' ' -)}" \
       GOFLAGS="${GOFLAGS:-}" \
-      KUBE_TEST_ARGS="--alsologtostderr=true ${KUBE_TEST_ARGS:-} ${SHORT:--short=true} --vmodule=${KUBE_TEST_VMODULE}" \
+      KUBE_TEST_ARGS="--alsologtostderr=true ${SHORT:--short=true} --vmodule=${KUBE_TEST_VMODULE} ${KUBE_TEST_ARGS:-}" \
       KUBE_TIMEOUT="${KUBE_TIMEOUT}" \
       KUBE_RACE=""