diff --git a/bin/reset-current-env.sh b/bin/reset-current-env.sh
index 817a761f5..cc7a95b64 100755
--- a/bin/reset-current-env.sh
+++ b/bin/reset-current-env.sh
@@ -19,27 +19,33 @@ RT_BIN_DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
 RT_HOME="$( dirname "$RT_BIN_DIR" )"
 FULL_CLEAN=false
 VERSION="2.0"
+NUM_NODES=5
 
 usage() {
   echo "Resets the current riak_test environment by rebuilding riak and riak_test using rtdev-current.sh"
   echo "  -c: Perform a devclean on the riak and clean on riak_test projects (default: $FULL_CLEAN)"
+  echo "  -n: Number of nodes on which to test (default: $NUM_NODES)"
   echo "  -v: The Riak version to test.  The Riak home is calculated as $RT_HOME/riak-<version> (default: $VERSION)"
   echo "  -h: This help message"
 }
 
-while getopts chv: opt; do
+while getopts chn:v: opt; do
   case $opt in
     c) FULL_CLEAN=true
        ;;
     v) VERSION=$OPTARG
        ;;
+    n) echo "parsing num nodes"
+       NUM_NODES=$OPTARG
+       ;;
     h) usage
        exit 0
        ;;
   esac
-  shift
 done
 
+shift $(($OPTIND-1))
+
 RIAK_HOME=$RT_HOME/riak-$VERSION
 
 if ! [[ -d $RIAK_HOME || -h $RIAK_HOME ]]; then
@@ -47,28 +53,33 @@ if ! [[ -d $RIAK_HOME || -h $RIAK_HOME ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-cd $RIAK_HOME
+echo "Reseting the riak_test environment using RIAK_HOME=$RIAK_HOME, RT_HOME=$RT_HOME, NUM_NODES=$NUM_NODES, VERSION=$VERSION, and FULL_CLEAN=$FULL_CLEAN"
 
-echo "Removing previous stagedevrel instance from $RIAK_HOME and rebuilding ..."
+cd $RIAK_HOME
 
 # Clean out previous devrel build ...
 if [ "$FULL_CLEAN" = true ] ; then
+  echo "Cleaning Riak in $RIAK_HOME ..."
   make devclean
 else
+  echo "Removing previous stagedevrel instance from $RIAK_HOME and rebuilding ..."
   rm -rf dev
 fi
 
 # Rebuild Riak ...
-make stagedevrel
+echo "Building Riak stagedevrel with $NUM_NODES nodes in $RIAK_HOME ..."
+make stagedevrel DEVNODES=$NUM_NODES
 
 $RT_HOME/bin/rtdev-current.sh
 
-echo "Rebuilding riak_test in $RT_HOME ..."
 cd $RT_HOME
 
 if [ "$FULL_CLEAN" = true ] ; then
+  echo "Cleaning riak_test in $RT_HOME ..."
   make clean
 fi
+
+echo "Rebuilding riak_test in $RT_HOME ..."
 make
 
 # Return back to where we started ...
diff --git a/tests/ensemble_start_without_aae.erl b/tests/ensemble_start_without_aae.erl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a6ad042d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ensemble_start_without_aae.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+%% -------------------------------------------------------------------
+%%
+%% Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Basho Technologies, Inc.
+%%
+%% This file is provided to you under the Apache License,
+%% Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+%% except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain
+%% a copy of the License at
+%%
+%%   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%%
+%% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+%% software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+%% "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+%% KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+%% specific language governing permissions and limitations
+%% under the License.
+%%
+%% -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-module(ensemble_start_without_aae).
+-export([confirm/0]).
+-include_lib("eunit/include/eunit.hrl").
+
+confirm() ->
+
+    NumNodes = 5,
+    NVal = 5,
+
+    Config = ensemble_util:fast_config(NVal, false),
+    lager:info("Building cluster with consensus enabled and AAE disabled. Waiting for ensemble to stablize ..."),
+
+    _ = ensemble_util:build_cluster_without_quorum(NumNodes, Config),
+    pass.
diff --git a/tests/ensemble_util.erl b/tests/ensemble_util.erl
index e7b7c4737..1c5dfc632 100644
--- a/tests/ensemble_util.erl
+++ b/tests/ensemble_util.erl
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 -module(ensemble_util).
 -compile(export_all).
 
+-define(DEFAULT_RING_SIZE, 16).
+
 -include_lib("eunit/include/eunit.hrl").
 
 build_cluster(Num, Config, NVal) ->
@@ -32,21 +34,45 @@ build_cluster(Num, Config, NVal) ->
     ensemble_util:wait_until_stable(Node, NVal),
     Nodes.
 
+build_cluster_without_quorum(Num, Config) ->
+    Nodes = rt:deploy_nodes(Num, Config),
+    SetupLogCaptureFun = fun(Node) ->
+       rt:setup_log_capture(Node)
+    end,
+    lists:map(SetupLogCaptureFun, Nodes),
+    Node = hd(Nodes),
+    ok = rpc:call(Node, riak_ensemble_manager, enable, []),
+    _ = rpc:call(Node, riak_core_ring_manager, force_update, []),
+    rt:join_cluster(Nodes),
+    ensemble_util:wait_until_cluster(Nodes),
+    ensemble_util:wait_for_membership(Node),
+    Nodes.
+
 fast_config(NVal) ->
-    fast_config(NVal, 16).
-
-fast_config(NVal, RingSize) ->
-    [{riak_kv, [{anti_entropy_build_limit, {100, 1000}},
-                {anti_entropy_concurrency, 100},
-                {anti_entropy_tick, 100},
-                {anti_entropy, {on, []}},
-                {anti_entropy_timeout, 5000},
-                {storage_backend, riak_kv_memory_backend}]},
+    fast_config(NVal, ?DEFAULT_RING_SIZE).
+
+fast_config(Nval, RingSize) when is_integer(RingSize) ->
+    fast_config(Nval, RingSize, true);
+fast_config(Nval, EnableAAE) when is_boolean(EnableAAE) ->
+    fast_config(Nval, ?DEFAULT_RING_SIZE, EnableAAE).
+
+fast_config(NVal, RingSize, EnableAAE) ->
+    [config_aae(EnableAAE),
      {riak_core, [{default_bucket_props, [{n_val, NVal}]},
                   {vnode_management_timer, 1000},
                   {ring_creation_size, RingSize},
                   {enable_consensus, true}]}].
 
+config_aae(true) ->
+    {riak_kv, [{anti_entropy_build_limit, {100, 1000}},
+               {anti_entropy_concurrency, 100},
+               {anti_entropy_tick, 100},
+               {anti_entropy, {on, []}},
+               {anti_entropy_timeout, 5000},
+	       {storage_backend, riak_kv_memory_backend}]};
+config_aae(false) ->
+    {riak_kv, [{anti_entropy, {off, []}}]}.
+
 ensembles(Node) ->
     rpc:call(Node, riak_kv_ensembles, ensembles, []).