diff --git a/maxscale-system-test/slave_failover.cpp b/maxscale-system-test/slave_failover.cpp
index ae4ae00b0..cd31bbe78 100644
--- a/maxscale-system-test/slave_failover.cpp
+++ b/maxscale-system-test/slave_failover.cpp
@@ -18,36 +18,50 @@
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     TestConnections test(argc, argv);
-    printf("Connecting to RWSplit");
+
     test.set_timeout(60);
-    test.add_result(test.maxscales->connect_rwsplit(0), "Error connection to RWSplit! Exiting");
-    test.maxscales->wait_for_monitor();
+    test.repl->connect();
+    auto ids = test.repl->get_all_server_ids();
+    test.repl->disconnect();
 
-    test.tprintf("Checking current slave");
-    int res = 0;
-    int old_slave = test.find_connected_slave(0, &res);
-    test.add_result(res, "no current slave");
+    auto conn = test.maxscales->rwsplit();
+    test.expect(conn.connect(), "Connection to rwsplit should work: %s", conn.error());
 
-    test.tprintf("Setup firewall to block mysql on old slave (oldslave is node %d)", old_slave);
+    auto first_slave = conn.field("SELECT @@server_id");
+    conn.disconnect();
 
-    test.add_result((old_slave < 0) || (old_slave >= test.repl->N), "Active slave is not found");
-    test.repl->block_node(old_slave);
+    test.expect(!first_slave.empty(), "Result should not be empty");
+    int slave = std::stoi(first_slave);
+    test.expect(slave != ids[0], "The result should not be from the master");
 
-    test.tprintf("Waiting for MaxScale to find a new slave");
-    test.stop_timeout();
-    test.maxscales->wait_for_monitor();
+    test.set_timeout(60);
+    for (int i = 1; i < test.repl->N; i++)
+    {
+        if (ids[i] == slave)
+        {
+            test.repl->block_node(i);
+            test.maxscales->wait_for_monitor();
+            break;
+        }
+    }
 
-    test.set_timeout(20);
-    int current_slave = test.find_connected_slave(0, &res);
-    test.add_result((current_slave == old_slave) || (current_slave < 0), "No failover happened");
+    test.set_timeout(60);
+    test.expect(conn.connect(), "Connection to rwsplit should work: %s", conn.error());
+    auto second_slave = conn.field("SELECT @@server_id");
 
-    test.tprintf("Unblock old node");
-    test.repl->unblock_node(old_slave);
-    test.maxscales->close_rwsplit(0);
+    test.expect(!second_slave.empty(), "Second result should not be empty");
+    test.expect(first_slave != second_slave, "The slave should change");
+    slave = std::stoi(second_slave);
+    test.expect(slave != ids[0], "The result should not be from the master");
 
-    test.check_maxscale_alive(0);
-    test.stop_timeout();
-    test.repl->fix_replication();
+    for (int i = 1; i < test.repl->N; i++)
+    {
+        if (ids[i] == slave)
+        {
+            test.repl->unblock_node(i);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
 
     return test.global_result;
 }