diff --git a/meta-tpm/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/swtpm.py b/meta-tpm/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/swtpm.py
index df47b35..0be5c59 100644
--- a/meta-tpm/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/swtpm.py
+++ b/meta-tpm/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/swtpm.py
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
 class SwTpmTest(OERuntimeTestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.tc.target.run('swtpm_ioctl -s --tcp :2322')
         cls.tc.target.run('mkdir /tmp/myvtpm2')
         cls.tc.target.run('chown tss:root /tmp/myvtpm2')
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
+        cls.tc.target.run('swtpm_ioctl -s --tcp :2322')
         cls.tc.target.run('rm -fr /tmp/myvtpm2')
 
     @skipIfNotFeature('tpm2','Test tpm2_swtpm_socket requires tpm2 to be in DISTRO_FEATURES')
diff --git a/meta-tpm/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/tpm2.py b/meta-tpm/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/tpm2.py
index e64d19d..8e90dc9 100644
--- a/meta-tpm/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/tpm2.py
+++ b/meta-tpm/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/tpm2.py
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ from oeqa.core.decorator.data import skipIfNotFeature
 class Tpm2Test(OERuntimeTestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.tc.target.run('swtpm_ioctl -s --tcp :2322')
         cls.tc.target.run('mkdir /tmp/myvtpm2')
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
+        cls.tc.target.run('swtpm_ioctl -s --tcp :2322')
         cls.tc.target.run('rm -fr /tmp/myvtpm2')
 
     def check_endlines(self, results,  expected_endlines):