diff --git a/container/openejb-core/src/test/java/org/apache/openejb/config/MBeanDeployerTest.java b/container/openejb-core/src/test/java/org/apache/openejb/config/MBeanDeployerTest.java
index acde838..d5cd204 100644
--- a/container/openejb-core/src/test/java/org/apache/openejb/config/MBeanDeployerTest.java
+++ b/container/openejb-core/src/test/java/org/apache/openejb/config/MBeanDeployerTest.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 
     @Before
     public void startOpenEJB() throws Exception {
+        System.setProperty(LocalMBeanServer.OPENEJB_JMX_ACTIVE, "true");
         config = new ConfigurationFactory();
         assembler = new Assembler();
         assembler.createProxyFactory(config.configureService(ProxyFactoryInfo.class));
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@
 
     @After
     public void resetList() {
+        System.clearProperty(LocalMBeanServer.OPENEJB_JMX_ACTIVE);
         assembler.destroy();
         SystemInstance.reset();
     }
diff --git a/container/openejb-core/src/test/java/org/apache/openejb/monitoring/JMXContainerTest.java b/container/openejb-core/src/test/java/org/apache/openejb/monitoring/JMXContainerTest.java
index dcff4c3..7365f96 100644
--- a/container/openejb-core/src/test/java/org/apache/openejb/monitoring/JMXContainerTest.java
+++ b/container/openejb-core/src/test/java/org/apache/openejb/monitoring/JMXContainerTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 import org.apache.openejb.jee.SingletonBean;
 import org.apache.openejb.junit.ApplicationComposer;
 import org.apache.openejb.junit.Module;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@@ -31,6 +33,16 @@
 
 @RunWith(ApplicationComposer.class)
 public class JMXContainerTest {
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void init() {
+        System.setProperty(LocalMBeanServer.OPENEJB_JMX_ACTIVE, "true");
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void reset() {
+        System.clearProperty(LocalMBeanServer.OPENEJB_JMX_ACTIVE);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void checkContainerIsRegistered() throws Exception {
         final ObjectName on = new ObjectName("openejb.management:ObjectType=containers,DataSource=Default Singleton Container");