diff --git a/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/description.txt b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/description.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edb601b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/description.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Roadwarrior <b>carol</b> proposes to gateway <b>moon</b> the cipher suite
+<b>AES_CTR_128</b> both for IKE and ESP by defining <b>ike=aes128ctr-aesxcbc-modp2048</b>
+and <b>esp=aes128ctr-aesxcbc-modp2048</b> in ipsec.conf, respectively.
+A ping from <b>carol</b> to <b>alice</b> successfully checks the established tunnel.
diff --git a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/evaltest.dat b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/evaltest.dat
similarity index 66%
rename from testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/evaltest.dat
rename to testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/evaltest.dat
index 6b5d0ba0b..522ce6088 100644
--- a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/evaltest.dat
+++ b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/evaltest.dat
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 moon::ipsec statusall::rw.*INSTALLED::YES
 carol::ipsec statusall::home.*INSTALLED::YES
 carol::ping -c 1 -s 120 -p deadbeef PH_IP_ALICE::128 bytes from PH_IP_ALICE: icmp_seq=1::YES
-moon::ipsec statusall::AES_CTR_128/AES_XCBC_96::YES
-carol::ipsec statusall::AES_CTR_128/AES_XCBC_96::YES
+moon::ipsec statusall::IKE proposal: AES_CTR_128::YES
+carol::ipsec statusall::IKE proposal: AES_CTR_128::YES
+moon::ipsec statusall::AES_CTR_128/AES_XCBC_96,::YES
+carol::ipsec statusall::AES_CTR_128/AES_XCBC_96,::YES
 moon::ip xfrm state::rfc3686(ctr(aes))::YES
 carol::ip xfrm state::rfc3686(ctr(aes))::YES
 moon::tcpdump::IP carol.strongswan.org > moon.strongswan.org: ESP.*length 180::YES
diff --git a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/hosts/carol/etc/ipsec.conf b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/hosts/carol/etc/ipsec.conf
similarity index 93%
rename from testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/hosts/carol/etc/ipsec.conf
rename to testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/hosts/carol/etc/ipsec.conf
index 02ca66b75..70c482835 100755
--- a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/hosts/carol/etc/ipsec.conf
+++ b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/hosts/carol/etc/ipsec.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ conn %default
 	rekeymargin=3m
 	keyingtries=1
 	keyexchange=ikev2
-	ike=aes128-aesxcbc-modp2048!
+	ike=aes128ctr-aesxcbc-modp2048!
 	esp=aes128ctr-aesxcbc-modp2048!
 
 conn home
diff --git a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/hosts/moon/etc/strongswan.conf b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/hosts/carol/etc/strongswan.conf
similarity index 66%
rename from testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/hosts/moon/etc/strongswan.conf
rename to testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/hosts/carol/etc/strongswan.conf
index 339b56987..be46d6d3e 100644
--- a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/hosts/moon/etc/strongswan.conf
+++ b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/hosts/carol/etc/strongswan.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # /etc/strongswan.conf - strongSwan configuration file
 
 charon {
-  load = curl aes des sha1 sha2 md5 pem pkcs1 gmp random x509 revocation hmac xcbc stroke kernel-netlink socket-default updown
+  load = curl aes des sha1 sha2 md5 pem pkcs1 gmp random x509 revocation hmac xcbc ctr stroke kernel-netlink socket-default updown
 }
diff --git a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/hosts/moon/etc/ipsec.conf b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/hosts/moon/etc/ipsec.conf
similarity index 92%
rename from testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/hosts/moon/etc/ipsec.conf
rename to testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/hosts/moon/etc/ipsec.conf
index 1c19714b9..bf103742f 100755
--- a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/hosts/moon/etc/ipsec.conf
+++ b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/hosts/moon/etc/ipsec.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ conn %default
 	rekeymargin=3m
 	keyingtries=1
 	keyexchange=ikev2
-	ike=aes128-aesxcbc-modp2048!
+	ike=aes128ctr-aesxcbc-modp2048!
 	esp=aes128ctr-aesxcbc-modp2048!
 
 conn rw
diff --git a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/hosts/carol/etc/strongswan.conf b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/hosts/moon/etc/strongswan.conf
similarity index 66%
rename from testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/hosts/carol/etc/strongswan.conf
rename to testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/hosts/moon/etc/strongswan.conf
index 339b56987..be46d6d3e 100644
--- a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/hosts/carol/etc/strongswan.conf
+++ b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/hosts/moon/etc/strongswan.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # /etc/strongswan.conf - strongSwan configuration file
 
 charon {
-  load = curl aes des sha1 sha2 md5 pem pkcs1 gmp random x509 revocation hmac xcbc stroke kernel-netlink socket-default updown
+  load = curl aes des sha1 sha2 md5 pem pkcs1 gmp random x509 revocation hmac xcbc ctr stroke kernel-netlink socket-default updown
 }
diff --git a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/posttest.dat b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/posttest.dat
similarity index 100%
rename from testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/posttest.dat
rename to testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/posttest.dat
diff --git a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/pretest.dat b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/pretest.dat
similarity index 100%
rename from testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/pretest.dat
rename to testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/pretest.dat
diff --git a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/test.conf b/testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/test.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/test.conf
rename to testing/tests/ikev2/alg-aes-ctr/test.conf
diff --git a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/description.txt b/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/description.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6443a348f..000000000
--- a/testing/tests/ikev2/esp-alg-aes-ctr/description.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Roadwarrior <b>carol</b> proposes to gateway <b>moon</b> the ESP cipher suite
-<b>AES_CTR_128 / AES_XCBC_96</b> by defining <b>esp=aes128ctr-aesxcbc-modp2048</b> in ipsec.conf.
-A ping from <b>carol</b> to <b>alice</b> successfully checks the established tunnel.