diff --git a/testing/regress/ecl-test-azure.json b/testing/regress/ecl-test-azure.json
index 487d500e492..c06fdaaf7ab 100644
--- a/testing/regress/ecl-test-azure.json
+++ b/testing/regress/ecl-test-azure.json
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
             "soapcall.ecl:targetIP=roxie",
             "roxiegzip.ecl:TargetIP=roxie",
             "roxiewhitespace.ecl:TargetIP=roxie",
-            "roxiepipe.ecl:TargetIP=roxie"
+            "roxiepipe.ecl:TargetIP=roxie",
+            "soaptext1.ecl:TargetIP=roxie"
         ],
         "engineParams":[
             "failOnLeaks",
diff --git a/testing/regress/ecl/soaptext1.ecl b/testing/regress/ecl/soaptext1.ecl
index 6c79d123a16..a54fd2241aa 100644
--- a/testing/regress/ecl/soaptext1.ecl
+++ b/testing/regress/ecl/soaptext1.ecl
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@
 //nothor
 //nohthor
 
-import ^ as root;
-
-serviceUrl := #IFDEFINED(root.url, 'http://.:9876');
+TargetIP := '.' : STORED('TargetIP');
+serviceUrl := 'http://'+TargetIP+':9876';
 
 //--- end of version configuration ---