diff --git a/maxscale-system-test/cnf/maxscale.cnf.template.mxs2512_trx_replay_rollback b/maxscale-system-test/cnf/maxscale.cnf.template.mxs2512_trx_replay_rollback
index c948fc770..f1f80493e 100644
--- a/maxscale-system-test/cnf/maxscale.cnf.template.mxs2512_trx_replay_rollback
+++ b/maxscale-system-test/cnf/maxscale.cnf.template.mxs2512_trx_replay_rollback
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ servers=server1,server2,server3,server4
 user=maxskysql
 password=skysql
 transaction_replay=false
+transaction_replay_retry_on_deadlock=true
 
 [RW-Split-Listener]
 type=listener