diff --git a/src/test/cursor.rs b/src/test/cursor.rs
index d740852db..4d68f5145 100644
--- a/src/test/cursor.rs
+++ b/src/test/cursor.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::{
     RUNTIME,
 };
 
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "tokio-runtime", tokio::test)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "tokio-runtime", tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread"))]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "async-std-runtime", async_std::test)]
 #[function_name::named]
 async fn tailable_cursor() {