diff --git a/features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php b/features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php
index 02e3ca319..fb9387877 100644
--- a/features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php
+++ b/features/bootstrap/FeatureContext.php
@@ -209,8 +209,9 @@ private static function get_behat_internal_variables() {
 		}
 
 		$variables = [
-			'SRC_DIR'        => realpath( dirname( dirname( __DIR__ ) ) ),
 			'FRAMEWORK_ROOT' => realpath( $framework_root ),
+			'SRC_DIR'        => realpath( dirname( dirname(  __DIR__ ) ) ),
+			'PROJECT_DIR'    => realpath( dirname( dirname( dirname( dirname( dirname(  __DIR__ ) ) ) ) ) ),
 		];
 
 		return $variables;
diff --git a/features/steps/given.php b/features/steps/given.php
index 97ce11ec8..ef0425a18 100644
--- a/features/steps/given.php
+++ b/features/steps/given.php
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ function ( $world, $type = 'subdirectory' ) {
 	'/^these installed and active plugins:$/',
 	function( $world, $stream ) {
 		$plugins = implode( ' ', array_map( 'trim', explode( PHP_EOL, (string) $stream ) ) );
+		$plugins = $world->replace_variables( $plugins );
+
 		$world->proc( "wp plugin install $plugins --activate" )->run_check();
 	}
 );