diff --git a/tests/cfg/file_transfer.cfg b/tests/cfg/file_transfer.cfg
index 3e314eeb03c4e06376b22a94a12d6c578d4d55f2..d23416705c429b7ea07415523e0cff2f4f9e2586 100644
--- a/tests/cfg/file_transfer.cfg
+++ b/tests/cfg/file_transfer.cfg
@@ -6,3 +6,9 @@
     variants:
         - remote:
             transfer_type = remote
+    variants:
+        - no_vhostforce:
+        - vhostforce_off:
+            netdev_extra_params_nic1 += ',vhostforce=off'
+        - vhostforce_on:
+            netdev_extra_params_nic1 += ',vhostforce=on'