diff --git a/qa/vagrant/build.gradle b/qa/vagrant/build.gradle
index 89668a06534..878e9c5ef7f 100644
--- a/qa/vagrant/build.gradle
+++ b/qa/vagrant/build.gradle
@@ -58,15 +58,20 @@ for (String box : vagrantBoxes.split(',')) {
 }
 
 long seed
-String formattedSeed
+String formattedSeed = null
 String[] upgradeFromVersions
 String upgradeFromVersion
 
 String maybeTestsSeed = System.getProperty("tests.seed", null);
 if (maybeTestsSeed != null) {
-  seed = new BigInteger(maybeTestsSeed, 16).longValue()
-  formattedSeed = maybeTestsSeed
-} else {
+  List<String> seeds = maybeTestsSeed.tokenize(':')
+  if (seeds.size() != 0) {
+    String masterSeed = seeds.get(0)
+    seed = new BigInteger(masterSeed, 16).longValue()
+    formattedSeed = maybeTestsSeed
+  }
+}
+if (formattedSeed == null) {
   seed = new Random().nextLong()
   formattedSeed = String.format("%016X", seed)
 }