@@ -60,10 +60,11 @@
 	       (work-area (assoc/default 'work-area cmdinfo))
 	       (test-name (assoc/default 'test-name cmdinfo))
 	       (runscript (assoc/default 'runscript cmdinfo))
 	       (ezsteps   (assoc/default 'ezsteps   cmdinfo))
 	       (runremote (assoc/default 'runremote cmdinfo))
+	       (transport (assoc/default 'transport cmdinfo))
 	       (run-id    (assoc/default 'run-id    cmdinfo))
 	       (test-id   (assoc/default 'test-id   cmdinfo))
 	       (target    (assoc/default 'target    cmdinfo))
 	       (itemdat   (assoc/default 'itemdat   cmdinfo))
 	       (env-ovrd  (assoc/default 'env-ovrd  cmdinfo))
@@ -85,10 +86,11 @@
 	       (rollup-status 0))
 	  (debug:print 2 "Exectuing " test-name " (id: " test-id ") on " (get-host-name))
 	  ;; Setup the *runremote* global var
 	  (if *runremote* (debug:print 2 "ERROR: I'm not expecting *runremote* to be set at this time"))
 	  (set! *runremote* runremote)
+	  (set! *transport-type* transport)
 	  (set! keys       (cdb:remote-run db:get-keys #f))
 	  (set! keyvals    (if run-id (cdb:remote-run db:get-key-vals #f run-id) #f))
 	  ;; apply pre-overrides before other variables. The pre-override vars must not
 	  ;; clobbers things from the official sources such as megatest.config and runconfigs.config
 	  (if (string? set-vars)
@@ -579,10 +581,11 @@
     (set! cmdparms (base64:base64-encode 
 		    (with-output-to-string
 		      (lambda () ;; (list 'hosts     hosts)
 			(write (list (list 'testpath  test-path)
 				     (list 'runremote *runremote*)
+				     (list 'transport *transport-type*)
 				     (list 'toppath   *toppath*)
 				     (list 'work-area work-area)
 				     (list 'test-name test-name) 
 				     (list 'runscript runscript) 
 				     (list 'run-id    run-id   )