diff --git a/.probetests b/.probetests
index e89fcc01d4..fdc4877e5a 100755
--- a/.probetests
+++ b/.probetests
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 SRC_DIR=$(python -c "import os; print os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath('$0'))")
 
 cd ${SRC_DIR}/test/probe
-nosetests --exe
+nosetests --exe $@
 rvalue=$?
 cd -