diff --git a/src/test/py/bazel/bazel_windows_test.py b/src/test/py/bazel/bazel_windows_test.py
index fdfa31fcbda9f0..0e50fce6e6e93a 100644
--- a/src/test/py/bazel/bazel_windows_test.py
+++ b/src/test/py/bazel/bazel_windows_test.py
@@ -487,6 +487,40 @@ def testZipUndeclaredTestOutputs(self):
     self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(output_file))
     self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(output_zip))
 
+  def testBazelForwardsRequiredEnvVariable(self):
+    self.CreateWorkspaceWithDefaultRepos('WORKSPACE')
+    self.ScratchFile(
+        'BUILD',
+        [
+            'sh_test(',
+            '  name = "foo_test",',
+            '  srcs = ["foo.sh"],',
+            ')',
+            '',
+        ],
+    )
+    self.ScratchFile(
+        'foo.sh',
+        [
+            """
+            if [[ "$BAZEL_TEST" == "1" ]]; then
+                exit 0
+            else
+                echo "BAZEL_TEST is not set to 1"
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            """,
+        ],
+    )
+
+    exit_code, stdout, stderr = self.RunBazel(
+        [
+            'test',
+            '//:foo_test',
+        ],
+    )
+    self.AssertExitCode(exit_code, 0, stderr, stdout)
+
   def testTestShardStatusFile(self):
     self.CreateWorkspaceWithDefaultRepos('WORKSPACE')
     self.ScratchFile(
diff --git a/tools/test/windows/tw.cc b/tools/test/windows/tw.cc
index 0f21baf4b33449..a85ae2b697ce46 100644
--- a/tools/test/windows/tw.cc
+++ b/tools/test/windows/tw.cc
@@ -628,6 +628,11 @@ bool ExportGtestVariables(const Path& test_tmpdir) {
 }
 
 bool ExportMiscEnvvars(const Path& cwd) {
+  // Add BAZEL_TEST environment variable.
+  if (!SetEnv(L"BAZEL_TEST", L"1")) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   for (const wchar_t* name :
        {L"TEST_INFRASTRUCTURE_FAILURE_FILE", L"TEST_LOGSPLITTER_OUTPUT_FILE",
         L"TEST_PREMATURE_EXIT_FILE", L"TEST_UNUSED_RUNFILES_LOG_FILE",