diff --git a/lib/inspec/config.rb b/lib/inspec/config.rb
index b0eef9cfc..64a67338a 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/config.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/config.rb
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ module Inspec
     attr_reader :final_options
 
     # This makes it easy to make a config with a mock backend.
-    def self.mock
-      Inspec::Config.new({ backend: :mock }, StringIO.new('{}'))
+    def self.mock(opts = {})
+      Inspec::Config.new({ backend: :mock }.merge(opts), StringIO.new('{}'))
     end
 
     def initialize(cli_opts = {}, cfg_io = nil, command_name = nil)
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index e44a2860c..3190f386b 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ class MockLoader
 
   def self.load_profile(name, opts = {})
     opts[:test_collector] = Inspec::RunnerMock.new
-    opts[:backend] = Inspec::Backend.create(opts)
+    opts[:backend] = Inspec::Backend.create(Inspec::Config.mock(opts))
     Inspec::Profile.for_target(profile_path(name), opts)
   end