diff --git a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AkkaRemoteSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AkkaRemoteSpec.scala
index 58679eaccd..2c9274c84f 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AkkaRemoteSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/AkkaRemoteSpec.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ object AkkaRemoteSpec {
   }
 }
 
-abstract class AkkaRemoteSpec(config: Config = AkkaRemoteSpec.testConf) extends AkkaSpec(config) with MultiJvmSync {
+abstract class AkkaRemoteSpec(config: Config)
+  extends AkkaSpec(config.withFallback(AkkaRemoteSpec.testConf))
+  with MultiJvmSync {
 
   /**
    * Helper function for accessing the underlying remoting.