diff --git a/bin/tests/system/upforwd/ns1/example3.db b/bin/tests/system/upforwd/ns1/example3.db.in
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/tests/system/upforwd/ns1/example3.db
rename to bin/tests/system/upforwd/ns1/example3.db.in
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/upforwd/setup.sh b/bin/tests/system/upforwd/setup.sh
index 7fddf0175c..8e9da74ae8 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/upforwd/setup.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/upforwd/setup.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 . ../conf.sh
 
 cp -f ns1/example1.db ns1/example.db
+cp -f ns1/example3.db.in ns1/example3.db
 cp -f ns3/noprimary.db ns3/noprimary1.db
 
 copy_setports ns1/named.conf.in ns1/named.conf
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/upforwd/tests_sh_upforwd.py b/bin/tests/system/upforwd/tests_sh_upforwd.py
index 7479f9753d..3dfa290a31 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/upforwd/tests_sh_upforwd.py
+++ b/bin/tests/system/upforwd/tests_sh_upforwd.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pytestmark = pytest.mark.extra_artifacts(
         "ns1/example.db",
         "ns1/example2-toomanykeys.db",
         "ns1/example2.db",
+        "ns1/example3.db",
         "ns3/dnstap.conf",
         "ns3/dnstap.out",
         "ns3/noprimary1.db",