diff --git a/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/IndexAuditTrailTests.java b/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/IndexAuditTrailTests.java
index b307484bc1c..371249c407b 100644
--- a/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/IndexAuditTrailTests.java
+++ b/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/IndexAuditTrailTests.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public class IndexAuditTrailTests extends ShieldIntegTestCase {
                         return builder.build();
                     }
             };
-            cluster2 = new InternalTestCluster("network", randomLong(), createTempDir(), numNodes, numNodes, cluster2Name, cluster2SettingsSource, 0, false, SECOND_CLUSTER_NODE_PREFIX);
+            cluster2 = new InternalTestCluster("network", randomLong(), createTempDir(), numNodes, numNodes, cluster2Name, cluster2SettingsSource, 0, false, SECOND_CLUSTER_NODE_PREFIX, true);
             cluster2.beforeTest(getRandom(), 0.5);
             remoteClient = cluster2.client();
 
diff --git a/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/RemoteIndexAuditTrailStartingTests.java b/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/RemoteIndexAuditTrailStartingTests.java
index 66decf9f741..4f1040049fc 100644
--- a/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/RemoteIndexAuditTrailStartingTests.java
+++ b/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/audit/index/RemoteIndexAuditTrailStartingTests.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class RemoteIndexAuditTrailStartingTests extends ShieldIntegTestCase {
                 return builder.build();
             }
         };
-        remoteCluster = new InternalTestCluster("network", randomLong(), createTempDir(), numNodes, numNodes, cluster2Name, cluster2SettingsSource, 0, false, SECOND_CLUSTER_NODE_PREFIX);
+        remoteCluster = new InternalTestCluster("network", randomLong(), createTempDir(), numNodes, numNodes, cluster2Name, cluster2SettingsSource, 0, false, SECOND_CLUSTER_NODE_PREFIX, true);
         remoteCluster.beforeTest(getRandom(), 0.5);
     }
 
diff --git a/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/tribe/TribeTests.java b/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/tribe/TribeTests.java
index 1e7621e37ec..39c34969faf 100644
--- a/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/tribe/TribeTests.java
+++ b/shield/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/shield/tribe/TribeTests.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class TribeTests extends ShieldIntegTestCase {
             String cluster2Name = clusterName(Scope.SUITE.name(), randomLong());
             //no port conflicts as this test uses the global cluster and a suite cluster that gets manually created
             ShieldSettingsSource cluster2SettingsSource = new ShieldSettingsSource(2, sslTransportEnabled, systemKey(), createTempDir(), Scope.SUITE);
-            cluster2 = new InternalTestCluster("network", randomLong(), createTempDir(), 2, 2, cluster2Name, cluster2SettingsSource, 0, false, SECOND_CLUSTER_NODE_PREFIX);
+            cluster2 = new InternalTestCluster("network", randomLong(), createTempDir(), 2, 2, cluster2Name, cluster2SettingsSource, 0, false, SECOND_CLUSTER_NODE_PREFIX, true);
 
             assert tribeSettingsSource == null;
             //given the low (2 and 1) number of nodes that the 2 SUITE clusters will have, we are not going to have port conflicts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public class TribeTests extends ShieldIntegTestCase {
 
         //we need to recreate the tribe node after each test otherwise ensureClusterSizeConsistency barfs
         String tribeClusterName = clusterName(Scope.SUITE.name(), randomLong());
-        tribeNodeCluster = new InternalTestCluster("network", randomLong(), createTempDir(), 1, 1, tribeClusterName, tribeSettingsSource, 0, false, TRIBE_CLUSTER_NODE_PREFIX);
+        tribeNodeCluster = new InternalTestCluster("network", randomLong(), createTempDir(), 1, 1, tribeClusterName, tribeSettingsSource, 0, false, TRIBE_CLUSTER_NODE_PREFIX, true);
         tribeNodeCluster.beforeTest(getRandom(), 0.5);
         awaitSameNodeCounts();
     }