diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index 99e6531877..114536fc16 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -3485,6 +3485,7 @@ class DevtoolIdeSdkTests(DevtoolBase):
         self.assertIn(task_label, task_by_label,
                       "Task '%s' not found in tasks.json" % task_label)
 
+        task_results = []
         ran = set()
 
         def run_task(label, execute_task):
@@ -3509,14 +3510,20 @@ class DevtoolIdeSdkTests(DevtoolBase):
                         args = [args]
                     task_cmd = [command] + [str(arg) for arg in args]
 
-                    task_cwd = task.get('options', {}).get('cwd', tempdir)
+                    task_options = task.get('options', {})
+                    task_cwd = task_options.get('cwd', tempdir)
                     if isinstance(task_cwd, str):
                         task_cwd = task_cwd.replace('${workspaceFolder}', tempdir)
-                    runCmd(task_cmd, cwd=task_cwd, output_log=self._cmd_logger)
+                    task_env = os.environ.copy()
+                    task_env.update(task_options.get('env', {}))
+                    task_results.append(runCmd(
+                        task_cmd, cwd=task_cwd, env=task_env,
+                        output_log=self._cmd_logger))
 
             ran.add(label)
 
         run_task(task_label, run_main_task)
+        return task_results
 
     def _ide_sdk_package_opts(self):
         """Extra `devtool ide-sdk --package` options. Override to scope packages."""