diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/bip65-cltv.py b/qa/rpc-tests/bip65-cltv.py
index 15c7c0e3cf7..82617ad8958 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/bip65-cltv.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/bip65-cltv.py
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ import shutil
 
 class BIP65Test(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.num_nodes = 3
+
+    def setup_chain(self):
+        print "Initializing test directory "+self.options.tmpdir
+        initialize_chain_clean(self.options.tmpdir, self.num_nodes)
+
     def setup_network(self):
         self.nodes = []
         self.nodes.append(start_node(0, self.options.tmpdir, []))
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/forknotify.py b/qa/rpc-tests/forknotify.py
index 20e6ce96195..3a4c07f7418 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/forknotify.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/forknotify.py
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ class ForkNotifyTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
     alert_filename = None  # Set by setup_network
 
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.num_nodes = 3
+
+    def setup_chain(self):
+        print "Initializing test directory "+self.options.tmpdir
+        initialize_chain_clean(self.options.tmpdir, self.num_nodes)
+
     def setup_network(self):
         self.nodes = []
         self.alert_filename = os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, "alert.txt")