diff --git a/test/shell/lvcreate-thin-external.sh b/test/shell/lvcreate-thin-external.sh
index 9e907a69e..85078366e 100644
--- a/test/shell/lvcreate-thin-external.sh
+++ b/test/shell/lvcreate-thin-external.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ aux prepare_pvs 2 64
 
 vgcreate $vg -s 64K $(cat DEVICES)
 
+# Newer thin-pool target (>= 1.13) supports unaligned external origin
+# But this test is written to test and expect older behavior
+aux lvmconf 'global/thin_disabled_features = [ "external_origin_extend" ]'
+
 # Test validation for external origin being multiple of thin pool chunk size
 lvcreate -L10M -T $vg/pool192 -c 192k
 lvcreate -an -pr -Zn -l1 -n $lv1 $vg