diff --git a/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml b/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml
index a578275f6b..1c458fc4c2 100644
--- a/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/cloudfiles/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
   <properties>
+    <test.blobstore.container-count>15</test.blobstore.container-count>
     <test.cloudfiles.endpoint>https://auth.api.rackspacecloud.com</test.cloudfiles.endpoint>
     <test.cloudfiles.api-version>1.0</test.cloudfiles.api-version>
     <test.cloudfiles.build-version></test.cloudfiles.build-version>
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
                   <systemPropertyVariables>
+                    <test.blobstore.container-count>${test.blobstore.container-count}</test.blobstore.container-count>
                     <jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.url>${jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.url}</jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.url>
                     <jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.md5>${jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.md5}</jclouds.blobstore.httpstream.md5>
                     <test.cloudfiles.endpoint>${test.cloudfiles.endpoint}</test.cloudfiles.endpoint>
diff --git a/providers/cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml b/providers/cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml
index 7560c5fbcf..e81694b4bc 100644
--- a/providers/cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudfiles-uk/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
     <properties>
+        <test.blobstore.container-count>15</test.blobstore.container-count>
         <test.cloudfiles-uk.endpoint>https://lon.auth.api.rackspacecloud.com</test.cloudfiles-uk.endpoint>
         <test.cloudfiles-uk.api-version>1.0</test.cloudfiles-uk.api-version>
         <test.cloudfiles-uk.build-version></test.cloudfiles-uk.build-version>
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <threadCount>1</threadCount>
                                     <systemPropertyVariables>
+                                        <test.blobstore.container-count>${test.blobstore.container-count}</test.blobstore.container-count>
                                         <test.cloudfiles-uk.endpoint>${test.cloudfiles-uk.endpoint}</test.cloudfiles-uk.endpoint>
                                         <test.cloudfiles-uk.api-version>${test.cloudfiles-uk.api-version}</test.cloudfiles-uk.api-version>
                                         <test.cloudfiles-uk.build-version>${test.cloudfiles-uk.build-version}</test.cloudfiles-uk.build-version>