diff --git a/tests/block_test_util.go b/tests/block_test_util.go
index 6d9e8c808c..3ce3bb4faa 100644
--- a/tests/block_test_util.go
+++ b/tests/block_test_util.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (t *BlockTest) Run(snapshotter bool, scheme string, tracer vm.EVMLogger, po
 	// Wrap the original engine within the beacon-engine
 	engine := beacon.New(ethash.NewFaker())
 
-	cache := &core.CacheConfig{TrieCleanLimit: 0, StateScheme: scheme}
+	cache := &core.CacheConfig{TrieCleanLimit: 0, StateScheme: scheme, Preimages: true}
 	if snapshotter {
 		cache.SnapshotLimit = 1
 		cache.SnapshotWait = true