diff --git a/testing/scripts/build-umlrootfs b/testing/scripts/build-umlrootfs
index 68750f082..49988d203 100755
--- a/testing/scripts/build-umlrootfs
+++ b/testing/scripts/build-umlrootfs
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ then
     echo -n " --enable-eap-md5" >> $INSTALLSHELL
     fi
 
+if [ "$USE_EAP_IDENTITY" = "yes" ]
+then
+    echo -n " --enable-eap-identity" >> $INSTALLSHELL
+fi
+
 if [ "$USE_SQL" = "yes" ]
 then
     echo -n " --enable-sql --enable-sqlite" >> $INSTALLSHELL
diff --git a/testing/testing.conf b/testing/testing.conf
index 9cbc1dd35..4236a6c3d 100755
--- a/testing/testing.conf
+++ b/testing/testing.conf
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ USE_LDAP="yes"
 USE_EAP_AKA="yes"
 USE EAP_SIM="yes"
 USE_EAP_MD5="yes"
+USE_EAP_IDENTITY="yes"
 USE_SQL="yes"
 USE_MEDIATION="yes"
 USE_OPENSSL="yes"