diff --git a/tests/topotests/ospf-topo2/r1/ospfd.conf b/tests/topotests/ospf-topo2/r1/ospfd.conf
index 1e1bfca569..65843cbb83 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/ospf-topo2/r1/ospfd.conf
+++ b/tests/topotests/ospf-topo2/r1/ospfd.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 !
 interface r1-eth1
   ip ospf network point-to-point
+  ip ospf hello-interval 2
+  ip ospf dead-interval 10
 !
 router ospf
   ospf router-id 10.0.255.1
diff --git a/tests/topotests/ospf-topo2/r2/ospfd.conf b/tests/topotests/ospf-topo2/r2/ospfd.conf
index af2acd8404..b032f1a8ac 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/ospf-topo2/r2/ospfd.conf
+++ b/tests/topotests/ospf-topo2/r2/ospfd.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 !
 interface r2-eth1
   ip ospf network point-to-point
+  ip ospf hello-interval 2
+  ip ospf dead-interval 10
 !
 router ospf
   ospf router-id 10.0.255.2