diff --git a/TESTING b/TESTING
index 3c1e3afc6..eadbaac76 100644
--- a/TESTING
+++ b/TESTING
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ You MUST disable (or mask) any LVM daemons:
 - clvmd
 - cmirrord
 
+Some lvm.conf options should be set:
+
+- global/event_activation = 0
+- activation/monitoring = 0
+
 For running cluster tests, we are using singlenode locking. Pass
 `--with-clvmd=singlenode` to configure.