diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 83e24fa5d4..11a50d5f4a 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ set_property(TEST nodeos_irreversible_mode_lr_test PROPERTY LABELS long_running_
 
 add_test(NAME nodeos_read_terminate_at_block_lr_test COMMAND tests/nodeos_read_terminate_at_block_test.py -v ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 set_property(TEST nodeos_read_terminate_at_block_lr_test PROPERTY LABELS long_running_tests)
+# requires https://github.com/AntelopeIO/leap/issues/2057 because running in irreversible mode currently switches different than non-irreversible mode
+#add_test(NAME nodeos_read_terminate_at_block_if_lr_test COMMAND tests/nodeos_read_terminate_at_block_test.py --activate-if -v ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+#set_property(TEST nodeos_read_terminate_at_block_if_lr_test PROPERTY LABELS long_running_tests)
 
 add_test(NAME nodeos_chainbase_allocation_test COMMAND tests/nodeos_chainbase_allocation_test.py -v ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 set_property(TEST nodeos_chainbase_allocation_test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
diff --git a/tests/nodeos_read_terminate_at_block_test.py b/tests/nodeos_read_terminate_at_block_test.py
index aace1a5645..6f34e19b4f 100755
--- a/tests/nodeos_read_terminate_at_block_test.py
+++ b/tests/nodeos_read_terminate_at_block_test.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 # Parse command line arguments
 args = TestHelper.parse_args({
     "-v",
+    "--activate-if",
     "--dump-error-details",
     "--leave-running",
     "--keep-logs",
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 })
 
 Utils.Debug = args.v
+activateIF=args.activate_if
 dumpErrorDetails = args.dump_error_details
 
 # Wrapper function to execute test
@@ -195,6 +197,7 @@ def checkHeadOrSpeculative(head, lib):
         totalNodes=totalNodes,
         pnodes=1,
         topo="mesh",
+        activateIF=activateIF,
         specificExtraNodeosArgs=specificNodeosArgs,
     )