diff --git a/dev-python/pytest-plus/pytest-plus-0.8.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pytest-plus/pytest-plus-0.8.1.ebuild
index 3aea152bb2a75..e05ce5feeeb40 100644
--- a/dev-python/pytest-plus/pytest-plus-0.8.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pytest-plus/pytest-plus-0.8.1.ebuild
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ BDEPEND="
 	>=dev-python/setuptools-scm-7.0.5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
 
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( "${PN}" )
+EPYTEST_PLUGIN_LOAD_VIA_ENV=1
 distutils_enable_tests pytest