diff --git a/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp b/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
index 22c3c07bd9..753ed6f2a8 100644
--- a/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ BasicTestingSetup::BasicTestingSetup(const std::string& chainName, const std::st
     // Hack to allow testing of fedpeg args
     if (!fedpegscript.empty()) {
         gArgs.SoftSetArg("-fedpegscript", fedpegscript);
+        gArgs.SoftSetBoolArg("-con_has_parent_chain", true);
     }
     // CreateAndProcessBlock() does not support building SegWit blocks, so don't activate in these tests.
     // TODO: fix the code to support SegWit blocks.