diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e3362544d0b99b..982694d8cdd7ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11590,6 +11590,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sui-protocol-config",
  "sui-replay",
  "sui-sdk",
+ "sui-simulator",
  "sui-source-validation",
  "sui-swarm",
  "sui-swarm-config",
diff --git a/crates/sui/Cargo.toml b/crates/sui/Cargo.toml
index 77d9f6de21af80..ab2695ea47be3d 100644
--- a/crates/sui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sui/Cargo.toml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ assert_cmd.workspace = true
 
 test-cluster.workspace = true
 sui-macros.workspace = true
+sui-simulator.workspace = true
 sui-test-transaction-builder.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/sui/tests/ptb_files_tests.rs b/crates/sui/tests/ptb_files_tests.rs
index acf106e6baf57f..a40e4d55bf9003 100644
--- a/crates/sui/tests/ptb_files_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/sui/tests/ptb_files_tests.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ use test_cluster::TestClusterBuilder;
 
 const TEST_DIR: &str = "tests";
 
+// #[cfg_attr(msim, msim::main)]
+#[cfg(not(msim))]
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn test_ptb_files(path: &Path) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let _ = miette::set_hook(Box::new(|_| {
@@ -127,4 +129,6 @@ fn stable_call_arg_display(ca: &CallArg) -> String {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(msim))]
+#[tokio::main]
 datatest_stable::harness!(test_ptb_files, TEST_DIR, r".*\.ptb$",);