diff --git a/test/src/com/aerospike/test/async/TestAsyncTxn.java b/test/src/com/aerospike/test/async/TestAsyncTxn.java
index 468384dba..f22f57aaa 100644
--- a/test/src/com/aerospike/test/async/TestAsyncTxn.java
+++ b/test/src/com/aerospike/test/async/TestAsyncTxn.java
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
  */
 package com.aerospike.test.async;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 import com.aerospike.client.AbortStatus;
 import com.aerospike.client.AerospikeException;
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
 import com.aerospike.client.ResultCode;
 import com.aerospike.client.Txn;
 import com.aerospike.client.Value;
+import com.aerospike.client.listener.AbortListener;
 import com.aerospike.client.listener.BatchRecordArrayListener;
+import com.aerospike.client.listener.CommitListener;
 import com.aerospike.client.listener.DeleteListener;
 import com.aerospike.client.listener.ExecuteListener;
 import com.aerospike.client.listener.RecordArrayListener;
 import com.aerospike.client.listener.RecordListener;
-import com.aerospike.client.listener.AbortListener;
-import com.aerospike.client.listener.CommitListener;
 import com.aerospike.client.listener.WriteListener;
 import com.aerospike.client.policy.BatchPolicy;
 import com.aerospike.client.policy.Policy;
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ public class TestAsyncTxn extends TestAsync {
 
 	@BeforeClass
 	public static void register() {
+		// Multi-record transactions require strong consistency namespaces.
+		org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue(args.scMode);
 		RegisterTask task = client.register(null, TestUDF.class.getClassLoader(), "udf/record_example.lua", "record_example.lua", Language.LUA);
 		task.waitTillComplete();
 	}
diff --git a/test/src/com/aerospike/test/sync/basic/TestTxn.java b/test/src/com/aerospike/test/sync/basic/TestTxn.java
index 6c12dbbc9..629b25f8a 100644
--- a/test/src/com/aerospike/test/sync/basic/TestTxn.java
+++ b/test/src/com/aerospike/test/sync/basic/TestTxn.java
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ public class TestTxn extends TestSync {
 
 	@BeforeClass
 	public static void register() {
+		// Multi-record transactions require strong consistency namespaces.
+		org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue(args.scMode);
 		RegisterTask task = client.register(null, TestUDF.class.getClassLoader(), "udf/record_example.lua", "record_example.lua", Language.LUA);
 		task.waitTillComplete();
 	}
diff --git a/test/src/com/aerospike/test/util/Args.java b/test/src/com/aerospike/test/util/Args.java
index 23014ccb4..05ff67680 100644
--- a/test/src/com/aerospike/test/util/Args.java
+++ b/test/src/com/aerospike/test/util/Args.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import com.aerospike.client.Log.Level;
 import com.aerospike.client.async.EventLoopType;
 import com.aerospike.client.cluster.Node;
+import com.aerospike.client.cluster.Partitions;
 import com.aerospike.client.policy.AuthMode;
 import com.aerospike.client.policy.ClientPolicy;
 import com.aerospike.client.policy.Policy;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ public class Args {
 	public int totalTimeout = 1000;
 	public boolean enterprise;
 	public boolean hasTtl;
+	public boolean scMode;
 
 	public Args() {
 		host = "127.0.0.1";
@@ -248,7 +250,14 @@ private static void logUsage(Options options) {
 	/**
 	 * Some database calls need to know how the server is configured.
 	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("resource")
 	public void setServerSpecific(IAerospikeClient client) {
+		Partitions partitions = client.getCluster().partitionMap.get(namespace);
+
+		if (partitions != null) {
+			scMode = partitions.scMode;
+		}
+
 		Node node = client.getNodes()[0];
 		String editionFilter = "edition";
 		String namespaceFilter = "namespace/" + namespace;