diff --git a/_test/bootstrap.php b/_test/bootstrap.php
index 3f59db51562801672ad4df8b0b1ea22a3daeb685..4f0d5efaa59d199068137a43fd46665e8101129e 100644
--- a/_test/bootstrap.php
+++ b/_test/bootstrap.php
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ require_once DOKU_UNITTEST.'core/TestUtils.php';
 define('SIMPLE_TEST', true);
 
 // basic behaviours
-error_reporting(E_ALL);
+define('DOKU_E_LEVEL',E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
+error_reporting(DOKU_E_LEVEL);
 set_time_limit(0);
 ini_set('memory_limit','2048M');