diff --git a/test/features/known_failures_Linux.json b/test/features/known_failures_Linux.json
index edff41a..7a51083 100644
--- a/test/features/known_failures_Linux.json
+++ b/test/features/known_failures_Linux.json
@@ -27,16 +27,6 @@
   "nodejs-limit_string_length_compact_buffered-ip",
   "perl-limit_container_length_binary_buffered-ip",
   "perl-limit_string_length_binary_buffered-ip",
-  "py-limit_container_length_accel-binary_buffered-ip",
-  "py-limit_container_length_binary_buffered-ip",
-  "py-limit_container_length_compact_buffered-ip",
-  "py-limit_string_length_accel-binary_buffered-ip",
-  "py-limit_string_length_binary_buffered-ip",
-  "py-limit_string_length_compact_buffered-ip",
-  "py3-limit_container_length_binary_buffered-ip",
-  "py3-limit_container_length_compact_buffered-ip",
-  "py3-limit_string_length_binary_buffered-ip",
-  "py3-limit_string_length_compact_buffered-ip",
   "rb-limit_container_length_accel-binary_buffered-ip",
   "rb-limit_container_length_binary_buffered-ip",
   "rb-limit_container_length_compact_buffered-ip",
diff --git a/test/py/TestServer.py b/test/py/TestServer.py
index 4fa8894..f12a9fe 100755
--- a/test/py/TestServer.py
+++ b/test/py/TestServer.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 #
-from __future__ import division, print_function
+from __future__ import division
 import glob
 import logging
 import os
@@ -179,9 +179,6 @@
 
 
 def main(options):
-  # Print TServer log to stdout so that the test-runner can redirect it to log files
-  logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
-
   # set up the protocol factory form the --protocol option
   prot_factories = {
     'binary': TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocolFactory,
@@ -193,6 +190,12 @@
   if pfactory_cls is None:
     raise AssertionError('Unknown --protocol option: %s' % options.proto)
   pfactory = pfactory_cls()
+  try:
+    pfactory.string_length_limit = options.string_limit
+    pfactory.container_length_limit = options.container_limit
+  except:
+    # Ignore errors for those protocols that does not support length limit
+    pass
 
   # get the server type (TSimpleServer, TNonblockingServer, etc...)
   if len(args) > 1:
@@ -287,9 +290,14 @@
                     help="protocol to use, one of: accel, binary, compact, json")
   parser.add_option('--transport', dest="trans", type="string",
                     help="transport to use, one of: buffered, framed")
+  parser.add_option('--container-limit', dest='container_limit', type='int', default=None)
+  parser.add_option('--string-limit', dest='string_limit', type='int', default=None)
   parser.set_defaults(port=9090, verbose=1, proto='binary')
   options, args = parser.parse_args()
 
+  # Print TServer log to stdout so that the test-runner can redirect it to log files
+  logging.basicConfig(level=options.verbose)
+
   sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, options.genpydir))
   if options.libpydir:
     sys.path.insert(0, glob.glob(options.libpydir)[0])