diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/033_replay_tsp_drops.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/033_replay_tsp_drops.pl
index 9b74cb09ac..0756ca6c87 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/033_replay_tsp_drops.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/033_replay_tsp_drops.pl
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ sub test_tablespace
 	$node_primary->psql(
 		'postgres',
 		qq[
+			SELECT pg_create_physical_replication_slot('slot1', true);
 			SET allow_in_place_tablespaces=on;
 			CREATE TABLESPACE dropme_ts1 LOCATION '';
 			CREATE TABLESPACE dropme_ts2 LOCATION '';