diff --git a/cinder_tempest_plugin/config.py b/cinder_tempest_plugin/config.py
index 78dd6ea..53222b8 100644
--- a/cinder_tempest_plugin/config.py
+++ b/cinder_tempest_plugin/config.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
     cfg.BoolOpt('volume_revert',
                 default=False,
                 help='Enable to run Cinder volume revert tests'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('volume_image_dep_tests',
+                default=True,
+                help='Run tests for dependencies between images and volumes')
 ]
 
 # The barbican service is discovered by config_tempest [1], and will appear