diff --git a/roles/xmpp_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/xmpp_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index 771ebd73c35e46a51324d918f413f9e34a304a1b..cf39a63e7163ca4feec0212158ab14c7a4280ff2 100644
--- a/roles/xmpp_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/roles/xmpp_server/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ provisioner:
     defaults:
       force_valid_group_names: "ignore"
       interpreter_python: "/usr/bin/python3"
+      force_handlers: "True"
     ssh_connection:
       pipelining: "True"