diff --git a/test/t/test_ifdown.py b/test/t/test_ifdown.py
index 274461de755..f36456c1c6d 100644
--- a/test/t/test_ifdown.py
+++ b/test/t/test_ifdown.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class TestIfdown:
         reason="There won't be any configured interfaces without network",
     )
     @pytest.mark.xfail(in_container(), reason="Probably fails in a container")
-    @pytest.mark.complete("ifdown ")
+    @pytest.mark.complete("ifdown ", require_cmd=True)
     def test_1(self, completion):
         assert completion
 
diff --git a/test/t/test_ifup.py b/test/t/test_ifup.py
index 86c66465551..36752703e8f 100644
--- a/test/t/test_ifup.py
+++ b/test/t/test_ifup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class TestIfup:
         reason="There won't be any configured interfaces without network",
     )
     @pytest.mark.xfail(in_container(), reason="Probably fails in a container")
-    @pytest.mark.complete("ifup ")
+    @pytest.mark.complete("ifup ", require_cmd=True)
     def test_1(self, completion):
         assert completion
 
diff --git a/test/test-cmd-list.txt b/test/test-cmd-list.txt
index 4a0923e1230..f9952254e03 100644
--- a/test/test-cmd-list.txt
+++ b/test/test-cmd-list.txt
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ hwclock
 iconv
 identify
 idn
+ifdown
 ifstat
 iftop
 ifup