diff --git a/RoboFile.php b/RoboFile.php
index 43e6f73501..28279c365c 100644
--- a/RoboFile.php
+++ b/RoboFile.php
@@ -231,12 +231,23 @@ class RoboFile extends \Robo\Tasks {
     return $this->_exec($command);
   }
 
-  function testAcceptance($opts=['file' => null]) {
-    return $this->_exec('COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT=200 docker-compose run codeception --steps --debug -vvv -f '.($opts['file'] ? $opts['file'] : ''));
+  function testAcceptance($opts=['file' => null, 'keep-deps' => false]) {
+    return $this->_exec(
+      'COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT=200 docker-compose run ' .
+      ($opts['keep-deps'] ? '-e KEEP_DEPS=1 ' : '') .
+      'codeception --steps --debug -vvv ' .
+      '-f ' . ($opts['file'] ? $opts['file'] : '')
+    );
   }
 
-  function testAcceptanceMultisite($opts=['file' => null]) {
-    return $this->_exec('COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT=200 docker-compose run -e MULTISITE=1 codeception --steps --debug -vvv -f '.($opts['file'] ? $opts['file'] : ''));
+  function testAcceptanceMultisite($opts=['file' => null, 'keep-deps' => false]) {
+    return $this->_exec(
+      'COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT=200 docker-compose run ' .
+      ($opts['keep-deps'] ? '-e KEEP_DEPS=1 ' : '') .
+      '-e MULTISITE=1 ' .
+      'codeception --steps --debug -vvv' .
+      '-f ' . ($opts['file'] ? $opts['file'] : '')
+    );
   }
 
   function deleteDocker() {