diff --git a/scripts/tests/Ice/idleTimeout.py b/scripts/tests/Ice/idleTimeout.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) ZeroC, Inc.
+
+# Enable some tracing to allow investigating test failures
+from Util import ClientServerTestCase, TestSuite
+
+
+traceProps = {"Ice.Trace.Network": 2, "Ice.Trace.Protocol": 1}
+
+TestSuite(__name__, [ClientServerTestCase(traceProps=traceProps)], options={"compress": [False], "serialize": [False]})