diff --git a/tester/liblinphone_tester.c b/tester/liblinphone_tester.c
index da778a50d..9e16c0884 100644
--- a/tester/liblinphone_tester.c
+++ b/tester/liblinphone_tester.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ static const char* liblinphone_helper =
 		"\t\t\t--dns-hosts </etc/hosts -like file to used to override DNS names (default: tester_hosts)>\n"
 		"\t\t\t--keep-recorded-files\n"
 		"\t\t\t--disable-leak-detector\n"
+		"\t\t\t--disable-tls-support\n"
 		"\t\t\t--6\n"
 		;
 
@@ -252,6 +253,8 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 			liblinphone_tester_keep_recorded_files(TRUE);
 		} else if (strcmp(argv[i],"--disable-leak-detector")==0){
 			liblinphone_tester_disable_leak_detector(TRUE);
+		} else if (strcmp(argv[i],"--disable-tls-support")==0){
+			liblinphone_tester_tls_support_disabled = TRUE;
 		} else if (strcmp(argv[i],"--6")==0){
 			liblinphonetester_ipv6=TRUE;
 		} else {
diff --git a/tester/liblinphone_tester.h b/tester/liblinphone_tester.h
index 2eda9afdd..92483d38c 100644
--- a/tester/liblinphone_tester.h
+++ b/tester/liblinphone_tester.h
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ extern const char* test_username;
 extern const char* test_password;
 extern const char* test_route;
 extern const char* userhostsfile;
+extern bool_t liblinphone_tester_tls_support_disabled;
+extern const MSAudioDiffParams audio_cmp_params;
+extern const char *liblinphone_tester_mire_id;
 extern bool_t liblinphonetester_ipv6;
 
 typedef struct _stats {
@@ -368,8 +371,6 @@ void _call_with_ice_base(LinphoneCoreManager* pauline,LinphoneCoreManager* marie
 void check_nb_media_starts(LinphoneCoreManager *caller, LinphoneCoreManager *callee, unsigned int caller_nb_media_starts, unsigned int callee_nb_media_starts);
 void record_call(const char *filename, bool_t enableVideo, const char *video_codec);
 
-extern const MSAudioDiffParams audio_cmp_params;
-
 /*
  * this function return max value in the last 3 seconds*/
 int linphone_core_manager_get_max_audio_down_bw(const LinphoneCoreManager *mgr);
@@ -390,8 +391,6 @@ void check_nb_media_starts(LinphoneCoreManager *caller, LinphoneCoreManager *cal
 LinphoneConferenceServer* linphone_conference_server_new(const char *rc_file, bool_t do_registration);
 void linphone_conference_server_destroy(LinphoneConferenceServer *conf_srv);
 
-extern const char *liblinphone_tester_mire_id;
-
 LinphoneAddress * linphone_core_manager_resolve(LinphoneCoreManager *mgr, const LinphoneAddress *source);
 FILE *sip_start(const char *senario, const char* dest_username, const char *passwd, LinphoneAddress* dest_addres);
 
diff --git a/tester/tester.c b/tester/tester.c
index dd2741957..5aa0fc6a6 100644
--- a/tester/tester.c
+++ b/tester/tester.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 static int liblinphone_tester_keep_accounts_flag = 0;
 static int liblinphone_tester_keep_record_files = FALSE;
 static int liblinphone_tester_leak_detector_disabled = FALSE;
+bool_t liblinphone_tester_tls_support_disabled = FALSE;
 int manager_count = 0;
 int leaked_objects_count = 0;
 const MSAudioDiffParams audio_cmp_params = {10,2000};
@@ -262,11 +263,15 @@ LinphoneCoreManager *get_manager(LinphoneCore *lc){
 }
 
 bool_t transport_supported(LinphoneTransportType transport) {
-	Sal *sal = sal_init(NULL);
-	bool_t supported = sal_transport_available(sal,(SalTransport)transport);
-	if (!supported) ms_message("TLS transport not supported, falling back to TCP if possible otherwise skipping test.");
-	sal_uninit(sal);
-	return supported;
+	if ((transport == LinphoneTransportDtls || transport == LinphoneTransportTls) && liblinphone_tester_tls_support_disabled == TRUE) {
+		return FALSE;
+	} else {
+		Sal *sal = sal_init(NULL);
+		bool_t supported = sal_transport_available(sal,(SalTransport)transport);
+		if (!supported) ms_message("TLS transport not supported, falling back to TCP if possible otherwise skipping test.");
+		sal_uninit(sal);
+		return  supported;
+	}
 }
 
 #if __clang__ || ((__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 6) || __GNUC__ > 4)