diff --git a/smack-integration-test/build.gradle b/smack-integration-test/build.gradle
index a9a82f1aa..1d0eda721 100644
--- a/smack-integration-test/build.gradle
+++ b/smack-integration-test/build.gradle
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ description = """\
 Smack integration tests."""
 
 mainClassName = 'org.igniterealtime.smack.inttest.SmackIntegrationTestFramework'
+applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ["-enableassertions"]
 
 dependencies {
 	compile project(':smack-java7')