diff --git a/lib/ansible/runner.py b/lib/ansible/runner.py
index f5a6de3f2a3..883c18860df 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/runner.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/runner.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class Runner(object):
 
         # TODO: keep this as a dict through the whole path to simplify this code
         for (k,v) in inject.iteritems():
-            if not k.startswith('facter_') and not k.startswith('ohai_'):
+            if not k.startswith('facter_') and not k.startswith('ohai_') and not k.startswith('ansible_'):
                 if not is_dict:
                     if str(v).find(" ") != -1:
                         v = "\"%s\"" % v
diff --git a/test/TestRunner.py b/test/TestRunner.py
index 529b4a6965a..aac8c41b06b 100644
--- a/test/TestRunner.py
+++ b/test/TestRunner.py
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ class TestRunner(unittest.TestCase):
        # almost every time so changed is always true, this just tests that
        # rewriting the file is ok
        result = self._run('setup', [ "metadata=%s" % output, "a=2", "b=3", "c=4" ])
+       print "RAW RESULT=%s" % result
        assert 'md5sum' in result
 
    def test_async(self):