diff --git a/native/native.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/test/blackbox/AbstractNativeCInteropExecutableTest.kt b/native/native.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/test/blackbox/AbstractNativeCInteropExecutableTest.kt
index e24aab7b9dd..231959e54a4 100644
--- a/native/native.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/test/blackbox/AbstractNativeCInteropExecutableTest.kt
+++ b/native/native.tests/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/test/blackbox/AbstractNativeCInteropExecutableTest.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ abstract class AbstractNativeCInteropExecutableTest : AbstractNativeSimpleTest()
                 listOf(
                     "-compiler-option", "-I$testDataDir",
                     "-Xcompile-source", mFile.absolutePath,
+                    "-Xsource-compiler-option", "-fobjc-arc",
                     "-Xsource-compiler-option", "-DNS_FORMAT_ARGUMENT(A)=",
                 )
             )