diff --git a/tests/topotests/simple_snmp_test/test_simple_snmp.py b/tests/topotests/simple_snmp_test/test_simple_snmp.py
index 5647e2b663..bdb44816b6 100755
--- a/tests/topotests/simple_snmp_test/test_simple_snmp.py
+++ b/tests/topotests/simple_snmp_test/test_simple_snmp.py
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ def setup_module(mod):
 
     r1 = tgen.gears["r1"]
 
+    r1.run("ip addr add 192.168.12.12/24 dev r1-eth0")
+    r1.run("ip -6 addr add 2000:1:1:12::12/64 dev r1-eth0")
+    r1.run("ip addr add 192.168.13.13/24 dev r1-eth1")
+    r1.run("ip -6 addr add 2000:1:1:13::13/64 dev r1-eth1")
+    r1.run("ip addr add 192.168.14.14/24 dev r1-eth2")
+    r1.run("ip -6 addr add 2000:1:1:14::14/64 dev r1-eth2")
+    r1.run("ip addr add 1.1.1.1/32 dev lo")
+    r1.run("ip -6 addr add 2000:1:1:1::1/128 dev lo")
+    r1.run("ip addr show")
+
     router_list = tgen.routers()
 
     # For all registred routers, load the zebra configuration file