diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 90e6c6e289..4b7b247905 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ set_property(TEST nodeos_voting_if_lr_test PROPERTY LABELS long_running_tests)
 
 add_test(NAME nodeos_under_min_avail_ram_lr_test COMMAND tests/nodeos_under_min_avail_ram.py -v --wallet-port 9904 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 set_property(TEST nodeos_under_min_avail_ram_lr_test PROPERTY LABELS long_running_tests)
+add_test(NAME nodeos_under_min_avail_ram_if_lr_test COMMAND tests/nodeos_under_min_avail_ram.py -v --active-if ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+set_property(TEST nodeos_under_min_avail_ram_if_lr_test PROPERTY LABELS long_running_tests)
 
 add_test(NAME nodeos_irreversible_mode_lr_test COMMAND tests/nodeos_irreversible_mode_test.py -v ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 set_property(TEST nodeos_irreversible_mode_lr_test PROPERTY LABELS long_running_tests)
diff --git a/tests/nodeos_under_min_avail_ram.py b/tests/nodeos_under_min_avail_ram.py
index de996a73f5..a210d0b263 100755
--- a/tests/nodeos_under_min_avail_ram.py
+++ b/tests/nodeos_under_min_avail_ram.py
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@
 Print=Utils.Print
 errorExit=Utils.errorExit
 
-args = TestHelper.parse_args({"--dump-error-details","--keep-logs","-v","--leave-running","--wallet-port","--unshared"})
+args = TestHelper.parse_args({"--activate-if","--dump-error-details","--keep-logs","-v","--leave-running","--wallet-port","--unshared"})
 Utils.Debug=args.v
 pNodes=4
 totalNodes=5
 cluster=Cluster(unshared=args.unshared, keepRunning=args.leave_running, keepLogs=args.keep_logs)
+activateIF=args.activate_if
 dumpErrorDetails=args.dump_error_details
 walletPort=args.wallet_port
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
     maxRAMFlag="--chain-state-db-size-mb"
     maxRAMValue=1010
     extraNodeosArgs=" %s %d %s %d  --http-max-response-time-ms 990000 " % (minRAMFlag, minRAMValue, maxRAMFlag, maxRAMValue)
-    if cluster.launch(onlyBios=False, pnodes=pNodes, totalNodes=totalNodes, totalProducers=totalNodes, activateIF=True, extraNodeosArgs=extraNodeosArgs) is False:
+    if cluster.launch(onlyBios=False, pnodes=pNodes, totalNodes=totalNodes, totalProducers=totalNodes, activateIF=activateIF, extraNodeosArgs=extraNodeosArgs) is False:
         Utils.cmdError("launcher")
         errorExit("Failed to stand up eos cluster.")