diff --git a/contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/utils.py b/contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/utils.py
index ca3121b02731..12fe2f162df2 100644
--- a/contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/utils.py
+++ b/contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/utils.py
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ def __init__(self, bitcoin_dir="/tmp/bitcoind-test", rpcport=None):
             '-logtimestamps',
             '-nolisten',
             '-txindex',
+            '-wallet="test"',
             '-addresstype=bech32'
         ]
         # For up to and including 0.16.1, this needs to be in main section.