diff --git a/tests/unit/mvcc_one_transaction.cpp b/tests/unit/mvcc_one_transaction.cpp
index 6fd610a3b..29f803ec8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/mvcc_one_transaction.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/mvcc_one_transaction.cpp
@@ -108,3 +108,9 @@ TEST_F(Mvcc, RemoveAdvanceRemove) {
   EXPECT_EQ(T2_FIND, nullptr);
   EXPECT_DEATH(T2_REMOVE, ".*nullptr.*");
 }
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
+  ::testing::FLAGS_gtest_death_test_style = "threadsafe";
+  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/mvcc_parallel_update.cpp b/tests/unit/mvcc_parallel_update.cpp
index 71dcd1923..c2e32b875 100644
--- a/tests/unit/mvcc_parallel_update.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/mvcc_parallel_update.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #undef T4_FIND
 #define T4_FIND version_list.find(*t4)
 
-
 // IMPORTANT: look definiton of EXPECT_CRE and EXPECT_EXP macros in
 // tests/mvcc_find_update_common.hpp. Numbers in those macros represent
 // transaction ids when transactions where created.
@@ -555,3 +554,9 @@ TEST_F(Mvcc, RemAbtRemAbt3) {
   T4_BEGIN;
   EXPECT_EQ(T4_FIND, v1);
 }
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
+  ::testing::FLAGS_gtest_death_test_style = "threadsafe";
+  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}