diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index f064e8f492..ab789e262c 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,9 +150,13 @@ add_test(NAME read-only-trx-basic-test COMMAND tests/read_only_trx_test.py -p 2
 set_property(TEST read-only-trx-basic-test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
 add_test(NAME read-only-trx-parallel-test COMMAND tests/read_only_trx_test.py -p 2 -n 3 --read-only-threads 16 --num-test-runs 3 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 set_property(TEST read-only-trx-parallel-test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
-add_test(NAME read-only-trx-parallel-eos-vm-oc-test COMMAND tests/read_only_trx_test.py -p 2 -n 3 --eos-vm-oc-enable all --read-only-threads 16 --num-test-runs 3 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+add_test(NAME read-only-trx-basic-if-test COMMAND tests/read_only_trx_test.py -p 2 -n 3 --read-only-threads 1 --activate-if ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+set_property(TEST read-only-trx-basic-if-test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
+add_test(NAME read-only-trx-parallel-if-test COMMAND tests/read_only_trx_test.py -p 2 -n 3 --read-only-threads 16 --num-test-runs 3 --activate-if ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+set_property(TEST read-only-trx-parallel-if-test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
+add_test(NAME read-only-trx-parallel-eos-vm-oc-test COMMAND tests/read_only_trx_test.py -p 2 -n 3 --eos-vm-oc-enable all --read-only-threads 16 --num-test-runs 3 --activate-if ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 set_property(TEST read-only-trx-parallel-eos-vm-oc-test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
-add_test(NAME read-only-trx-parallel-no-oc-test COMMAND tests/read_only_trx_test.py -p 2 -n 3 --eos-vm-oc-enable none --read-only-threads 6 --num-test-runs 2 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+add_test(NAME read-only-trx-parallel-no-oc-test COMMAND tests/read_only_trx_test.py -p 2 -n 3 --eos-vm-oc-enable none --read-only-threads 6 --num-test-runs 2 --activate-if ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 set_property(TEST read-only-trx-parallel-no-oc-test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
 add_test(NAME subjective_billing_test COMMAND tests/subjective_billing_test.py -v -p 2 -n 4 ${UNSHARE} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 set_property(TEST subjective_billing_test PROPERTY LABELS nonparallelizable_tests)
diff --git a/tests/read_only_trx_test.py b/tests/read_only_trx_test.py
index 6af91c5a83..eeb9a73046 100755
--- a/tests/read_only_trx_test.py
+++ b/tests/read_only_trx_test.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 appArgs.add(flag="--wasm-runtime", type=str, help="if set to eos-vm-oc, must compile with EOSIO_EOS_VM_OC_DEVELOPER", default="eos-vm-jit")
 
 args=TestHelper.parse_args({"-p","-n","-d","-s","--nodes-file","--seed"
-                            ,"--dump-error-details","-v","--leave-running"
+                            ,"--activate-if","--dump-error-details","-v","--leave-running"
                             ,"--keep-logs","--unshared"}, applicationSpecificArgs=appArgs)
 
 pnodes=args.p
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 nodesFile=args.nodes_file
 dontLaunch=nodesFile is not None
 seed=args.seed
+activateIF=args.activate_if
 dumpErrorDetails=args.dump_error_details
 numTestRuns=args.num_test_runs
 
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ def startCluster():
         specificExtraNodeosArgs[pnodes]+=" --wasm-runtime "
         specificExtraNodeosArgs[pnodes]+=args.wasm_runtime
     extraNodeosArgs=" --http-max-response-time-ms 990000 --disable-subjective-api-billing false "
-    if cluster.launch(pnodes=pnodes, totalNodes=total_nodes, topo=topo, delay=delay, specificExtraNodeosArgs=specificExtraNodeosArgs, extraNodeosArgs=extraNodeosArgs ) is False:
+    if cluster.launch(pnodes=pnodes, totalNodes=total_nodes, topo=topo, delay=delay, activateIF=activateIF, specificExtraNodeosArgs=specificExtraNodeosArgs, extraNodeosArgs=extraNodeosArgs ) is False:
         errorExit("Failed to stand up eos cluster.")
 
     Print ("Wait for Cluster stabilization")