diff --git a/nova/tests/live_migration/hooks/run_tests.sh b/nova/tests/live_migration/hooks/run_tests.sh
index 2595e8503241..1790ae151a49 100755
--- a/nova/tests/live_migration/hooks/run_tests.sh
+++ b/nova/tests/live_migration/hooks/run_tests.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ SERVICE_HOST=$primary_node
 STACK_USER=${STACK_USER:-stack}
 
 echo '1. test with all local storage (use default for volumes)'
+
+# We test with libvirt 2.5.0 on xenial nodes so we can test live block
+# migration with an attached volume.
+echo 'enabling block_migration with an iscsi attached volume in tempest'
+$ANSIBLE primary --sudo -f 5 -i "$WORKSPACE/inventory" -m ini_file -a "dest=$BASE/new/tempest/etc/tempest.conf section=compute-feature-enabled option=block_migration_for_live_migration value=True"
+$ANSIBLE primary --sudo -f 5 -i "$WORKSPACE/inventory" -m ini_file -a "dest=$BASE/new/tempest/etc/tempest.conf section=compute-feature-enabled option=block_migrate_cinder_iscsi value=True"
+
 echo 'NOTE: test_volume_backed_live_migration is skipped due to https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1524898'
 run_tempest "block migration test" "^.*test_live_migration(?!.*(test_volume_backed_live_migration))"