diff --git a/test/test_leafref_state.sh b/test/test_leafref_state.sh
index a586135e..b4b3adcd 100755
--- a/test/test_leafref_state.sh
+++ b/test/test_leafref_state.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ cat <<EOF > $cfg
   <CLICON_MODULE_LIBRARY_RFC7895>false</CLICON_MODULE_LIBRARY_RFC7895>
   <CLICON_BACKEND_PIDFILE>/usr/local/var/$APPNAME/$APPNAME.pidfile</CLICON_BACKEND_PIDFILE>
   <CLICON_XMLDB_DIR>/usr/local/var/$APPNAME</CLICON_XMLDB_DIR>
+  <CLICON_VALIDATE_STATE_XML>true</CLICON_VALIDATE_STATE_XML>
 </clixon-config>
 EOF