diff --git a/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh
index 686ac46241..9fb45bf85f 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ] && [ -z "$CYGWIN" ]; then
     TEMP_NAMED_DIR=$(mktemp -d "$(pwd)/ns2/tmp.XXXXXXXX")
     if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
         copy_setports ns2/named-alt9.conf.in "${TEMP_NAMED_DIR}/named-alt9.conf"
+        export SOFTHSM2_CONF="${TEMP_NAMED_DIR}/softhsm2.conf"
+        sh "$TOP/util/prepare-softhsm2.sh"
         chown -R nobody: "${TEMP_NAMED_DIR}"
         chmod 0700 "${TEMP_NAMED_DIR}"
         ( cd "${TEMP_NAMED_DIR}" && $NAMED -u nobody -c named-alt9.conf -d 99 -g -U 4 >> named$n.run 2>&1 & ) || ret=1