diff --git a/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/rpm b/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/rpm
index 454a9c035..30d69263c 100755
--- a/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/rpm
+++ b/src/vfs/extfs/helpers/rpm
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ mcrpmfs_getOneTag()
     echo $AllTAGS | $SED "s/.*|${1}=//" | cut -d '|' -f 1
 }
 
-AllTAGS=`mcrpmfs_getAllNeededTags "$1"`
-
 mcrpmfs_printOneMetaInfo()
 {
     if test "$3" = "raw"; then
@@ -330,6 +328,11 @@ mcrpmfs_run ()
     esac
 }
 
+# Let the test framework override functions and variables.
+[ -n "$MC_TEST_RPM_REWRITE" ] && . "$MC_TEST_RPM_REWRITE"
+
+AllTAGS=`mcrpmfs_getAllNeededTags "$1"`
+
 umask 077
 case "${param}" in
   list) mcrpmfs_list; exit 0;;