diff --git a/bin/tests/system/tcp/ns2/named.args b/bin/tests/system/tcp/ns2/named.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4934c4fa22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/tcp/ns2/named.args
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-D tcp-ns2 -m record -c named.conf -d 99 -g -T maxcachesize=2097152 -T tcppipelining=1
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/tcp/ns3/named.args b/bin/tests/system/tcp/ns3/named.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dce0bc7366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/tcp/ns3/named.args
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-D tcp-ns3 -m record -c named.conf -d 99 -g -T maxcachesize=2097152 -T tcppipelining=1
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/tcp/ns4/named.args b/bin/tests/system/tcp/ns4/named.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06e4295518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/tcp/ns4/named.args
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-D tcp-ns4 -m record -c named.conf -d 99 -g -T maxcachesize=2097152 -T tcppipelining=1
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/tcp/ns5/named.args b/bin/tests/system/tcp/ns5/named.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a804c55c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/tcp/ns5/named.args
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-D tcp-ns5 -m record -c named.conf -d 99 -g -T maxcachesize=2097152 -T tcppipelining=1