diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index a56462b5f9..b53eb0d9dc 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ set_property(TEST nodeos_startup_catchup_if_lr_test PROPERTY LABELS long_running
 
 add_test(NAME nodeos_short_fork_take_over_test COMMAND tests/nodeos_short_fork_take_over_test.py -v --wallet-port 9905 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 set_property(TEST nodeos_short_fork_take_over_test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
+add_test(NAME nodeos_short_fork_take_over_if_test COMMAND tests/nodeos_short_fork_take_over_test.py -v --activate-if --wallet-port 9905 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+set_property(TEST nodeos_short_fork_take_over_if_test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
 
 add_test(NAME nodeos_extra_packed_data_test COMMAND tests/nodeos_extra_packed_data_test.py -v -p 2 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 set_property(TEST nodeos_extra_packed_data_test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
diff --git a/tests/nodeos_short_fork_take_over_test.py b/tests/nodeos_short_fork_take_over_test.py
index f468cae52c..3e550c63e5 100755
--- a/tests/nodeos_short_fork_take_over_test.py
+++ b/tests/nodeos_short_fork_take_over_test.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def getMinHeadAndLib(prodNodes):
 
 
 
-args = TestHelper.parse_args({"--prod-count","--dump-error-details","--keep-logs","-v","--leave-running",
+args = TestHelper.parse_args({"--prod-count","--activate-if","--dump-error-details","--keep-logs","-v","--leave-running",
                               "--wallet-port","--unshared"})
 Utils.Debug=args.v
 totalProducerNodes=2
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ def getMinHeadAndLib(prodNodes):
 maxActiveProducers=3
 totalProducers=maxActiveProducers
 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
 
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ def getMinHeadAndLib(prodNodes):
     # "bridge" shape connects defprocera through defproducerk (in node0) to each other and defproducerl through defproduceru (in node01)
     # and the only connection between those 2 groups is through the bridge node
     if cluster.launch(prodCount=2, topo="bridge", pnodes=totalProducerNodes,
-                      totalNodes=totalNodes, totalProducers=totalProducers,
+                      totalNodes=totalNodes, totalProducers=totalProducers, activateIF=activateIF,
                       specificExtraNodeosArgs=specificExtraNodeosArgs, onlySetProds=True) is False:
         Utils.cmdError("launcher")
         Utils.errorExit("Failed to stand up eos cluster.")