diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index f3385ef2da..ade7c3564d 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ class CCustomParams : public CRegTestParams {
         enforce_pak = args.GetBoolArg("-enforce_pak", false);
 
         // Allow multiple op_return outputs by relay policy
-        multi_data_permitted = args.GetBoolArg("-multi_data_permitted", true);
+        multi_data_permitted = args.GetBoolArg("-multi_data_permitted", enforce_pak);
 
         // bitcoin regtest is the parent chain by default
         parentGenesisBlockHash = uint256S(args.GetArg("-parentgenesisblockhash", "0f9188f13cb7b2c71f2a335e3a4fc328bf5beb436012afca590b1a11466e2206"));
diff --git a/src/chainparamsbase.cpp b/src/chainparamsbase.cpp
index 4f12c2328b..21497ac30c 100644
--- a/src/chainparamsbase.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparamsbase.cpp
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ void SetupChainParamsBaseOptions()
 
     gArgs.AddArg("-fedpegscript", "The script for the federated peg.", false, OptionsCategory::CHAINPARAMS);
     gArgs.AddArg("-enforce_pak", "Causes standardness checks to enforce Pegout Authorization Key(PAK) validation, and miner to include PAK commitments when configured. Can not be set when acceptnonstdtx is set to true.", false, OptionsCategory::ELEMENTS);
-    gArgs.AddArg("-multi_data_permitted", "Allow relay of multiple OP_RETURN outputs. (default: true)", false, OptionsCategory::ELEMENTS);
     gArgs.AddArg("-pak", "Entries in the PAK list. Order of entries matter.", false, OptionsCategory::ELEMENTS);
+    gArgs.AddArg("-multi_data_permitted", "Allow relay of multiple OP_RETURN outputs. (default: -enforce_pak)", false, OptionsCategory::ELEMENTS);
     gArgs.AddArg("-con_csv_deploy_start", "Starting height for CSV deployment. (default: -1, which means ACTIVE from genesis)", false, OptionsCategory::ELEMENTS);
     // END ELEMENTS
     //
diff --git a/test/functional/mempool_accept.py b/test/functional/mempool_accept.py
index 7769b68407..98f4493fe0 100755
--- a/test/functional/mempool_accept.py
+++ b/test/functional/mempool_accept.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class MempoolAcceptanceTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
             '-txindex',
             '-reindex',  # Need reindex for txindex
             '-acceptnonstdtxn=0',  # Try to mimic main-net
+            '-multi_data_permitted=1', # Elements test
         ]] * self.num_nodes
 
     def skip_test_if_missing_module(self):