diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c292f5af9..d5fab27da2 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ set_property(TEST nested_container_multi_index_test PROPERTY LABELS nonparalleli
 
 add_test(NAME p2p_multiple_listen_test COMMAND tests/p2p_multiple_listen_test.py -v ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 set_property(TEST p2p_multiple_listen_test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
+add_test(NAME p2p_multiple_listen_if_test COMMAND tests/p2p_multiple_listen_test.py -v --activate-if ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+set_property(TEST p2p_multiple_listen_if_test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
 add_test(NAME p2p_no_listen_test COMMAND tests/p2p_no_listen_test.py -v ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 set_property(TEST p2p_no_listen_test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
 add_test(NAME p2p_sync_throttle_test COMMAND tests/p2p_sync_throttle_test.py -v -d 2 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
diff --git a/tests/p2p_multiple_listen_test.py b/tests/p2p_multiple_listen_test.py
index 7f537e9d35..b5ddc9f4a6 100755
--- a/tests/p2p_multiple_listen_test.py
+++ b/tests/p2p_multiple_listen_test.py
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@
 errorExit=Utils.errorExit
 
 args=TestHelper.parse_args({"-p","-n","-d","--keep-logs"
-                            ,"--dump-error-details","-v"
+                            ,"--activate-if","--dump-error-details","-v"
                             ,"--leave-running","--unshared"})
 pnodes=args.p
 delay=args.d
 debug=args.v
 total_nodes=5
+activateIF=args.activate_if
 dumpErrorDetails=args.dump_error_details
 
 Utils.Debug=debug
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
         '2': '--agent-name node-02 --p2p-peer-address localhost:9779 --plugin eosio::net_api_plugin',
         '4': '--agent-name node-04 --p2p-peer-address localhost:9876 --plugin eosio::net_api_plugin',
     }
-    if cluster.launch(pnodes=pnodes, totalNodes=total_nodes, topo='line', delay=delay, 
+    if cluster.launch(pnodes=pnodes, totalNodes=total_nodes, topo='line', delay=delay, activateIF=activateIF,
                       specificExtraNodeosArgs=specificArgs) is False:
         errorExit("Failed to stand up eos cluster.")