diff --git a/bin/tests/named.conf b/bin/tests/named.conf
index 469750e899..6b6d4252d0 100644
--- a/bin/tests/named.conf
+++ b/bin/tests/named.conf
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ options {
 					// of minutes an inbound zone transfer
 					// may run.  May be set on a per-zone
 					// basis.
+	max-transfer-time-out 10;	// MAX_XFER_TIME; the default number
+	max-transfer-idle-in 100;	// MAX_XFER_TIME; the default number
+	max-transfer-idle-out 11;	// MAX_XFER_TIME; the default number
 	/*
 	 * The "transfer-format" option specifies the way outbound zone
 	 * transfers (i.e. from us to them) are formatted.  Two values are