diff --git a/tools/test/test_depsolve.py b/tools/test/test_depsolve.py
index 47c5459e..389c6635 100644
--- a/tools/test/test_depsolve.py
+++ b/tools/test/test_depsolve.py
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ def depsolve(pkgs, repos, root_dir, cache_dir, command):
             "root_dir": root_dir,
             "repos": repos,
             "transactions": [
-                {"package-specs": pkgs},
+                {
+                    "package-specs": pkgs,
+                    "exclude-specs": None
+                },
             ]
         }
     }