diff --git a/test/functional/p2p_setup_fixture.cpp b/test/functional/p2p_setup_fixture.cpp
index a4acf10d..743f43bc 100644
--- a/test/functional/p2p_setup_fixture.cpp
+++ b/test/functional/p2p_setup_fixture.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ data_chunk p2p_setup_fixture::receive(const std::string& command)
     }
 }
 
-bool p2p_setup_fixture::handshake(uint64_t services, uint32_t value)
+bool p2p_setup_fixture::handshake(uint64_t services, uint32_t value,
+    bool relay)
 {
     version out{};
     out.value = value;
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ bool p2p_setup_fixture::handshake(uint64_t services, uint32_t value)
     out.nonce = 42424242;
     out.user_agent = "/test/";
     out.start_height = 0;
-    out.relay = false;
+    out.relay = relay;
     send(out, value);
 
     // The node sends its version upon attach and verack upon our version.
diff --git a/test/functional/p2p_setup_fixture.hpp b/test/functional/p2p_setup_fixture.hpp
index b4a7f80c..14c6dd39 100644
--- a/test/functional/p2p_setup_fixture.hpp
+++ b/test/functional/p2p_setup_fixture.hpp
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ struct p2p_setup_fixture
 
     /// Perform the version handshake, retains the node's version message.
     bool handshake(uint64_t services=0,
-        uint32_t version=network::messages::peer::level::maximum_protocol);
+        uint32_t version=network::messages::peer::level::maximum_protocol,
+        bool relay=false);
 
     /// The node's version message (set by handshake).
     network::messages::peer::version::cptr node_version{};