diff --git a/dist/tools/buildsystem_sanity_check/check.sh b/dist/tools/buildsystem_sanity_check/check.sh
index 25aa14a8ad..1acfca8810 100755
--- a/dist/tools/buildsystem_sanity_check/check.sh
+++ b/dist/tools/buildsystem_sanity_check/check.sh
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ UNEXPORTED_VARIABLES+=('USEMODULE_INCLUDES')
 UNEXPORTED_VARIABLES+=('OPENOCD_ADAPTER_INIT')
 UNEXPORTED_VARIABLES+=('OPENOCD_CONFIG')
 UNEXPORTED_VARIABLES+=('OPENOCD_RESET_USE_CONNECT_ASSERT_SRST')
+UNEXPORTED_VARIABLES+=('OPENOCD_CMD_RESET_RUN')
 UNEXPORTED_VARIABLES+=('OPENOCD_PRE_FLASH_CMDS' 'OPENOCD_PRE_VERIFY_CMDS')
 UNEXPORTED_VARIABLES+=('PRE_FLASH_CHECK_SCRIPT')
 UNEXPORTED_VARIABLES+=('FLASH_TARGET_TYPE')