diff --git a/datafusion/common/src/error.rs b/datafusion/common/src/error.rs
index 9be662ca283e..58ff1121e36d 100644
--- a/datafusion/common/src/error.rs
+++ b/datafusion/common/src/error.rs
@@ -661,11 +661,16 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(res.strip_backtrace(), "Arrow error: Schema error: bar");
     }
 
-    // RUST_BACKTRACE=1 cargo test --features backtrace --package datafusion-common --lib -- error::test::test_backtrace
+    // To pass the test the environment variable RUST_BACKTRACE should be set to 1 to enforce backtrace
     #[cfg(feature = "backtrace")]
     #[test]
     #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_literal_unwrap)]
     fn test_enabled_backtrace() {
+        match std::env::var("RUST_BACKTRACE") {
+            Ok(val) if val == "1" => {}
+            _ => panic!("Environment variable RUST_BACKTRACE must be set to 1"),
+        };
+
         let res: Result<(), DataFusionError> = plan_err!("Err");
         let err = res.unwrap_err().to_string();
         assert!(err.contains(DataFusionError::BACK_TRACE_SEP));