diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot_test.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot_test.cpp
index 11cebe1..d76558b 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot_test.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshot_test.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 #include <libsnapshot/mock_snapshot.h>
 
 DEFINE_string(force_config, "", "Force testing mode (dmsnap, vab, vabc) ignoring device config.");
+DEFINE_string(force_iouring_disable, "",
+              "Force testing mode (iouring_disabled) - disable io_uring");
 
 namespace android {
 namespace snapshot {
@@ -2769,10 +2771,22 @@
         }
     }
 
+    if (FLAGS_force_iouring_disable == "iouring_disabled") {
+        if (!android::base::SetProperty("snapuserd.test.io_uring.force_disable", "1")) {
+            return testing::AssertionFailure()
+                   << "Failed to disable property: snapuserd.test.io_uring.disabled";
+        }
+    }
+
     int ret = RUN_ALL_TESTS();
 
     if (FLAGS_force_config == "dmsnap") {
         android::base::SetProperty("snapuserd.test.dm.snapshots", "0");
     }
+
+    if (FLAGS_force_iouring_disable == "iouring_disabled") {
+        android::base::SetProperty("snapuserd.test.io_uring.force_disable", "0");
+    }
+
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/Android.bp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/Android.bp
index ef2233d..bc2bceb 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/Android.bp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/Android.bp
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@
         "libdm",
         "libext4_utils",
         "liburing",
+        "libgflags",
     ],
     include_dirs: ["bionic/libc/kernel"],
     header_libs: [
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.cpp
index e48a1be..5109d82 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.cpp
@@ -656,6 +656,11 @@
     struct utsname uts;
     unsigned int major, minor;
 
+    if (android::base::GetBoolProperty("snapuserd.test.io_uring.force_disable", false)) {
+        SNAP_LOG(INFO) << "io_uring disabled for testing";
+        return false;
+    }
+
     if ((uname(&uts) != 0) || (sscanf(uts.release, "%u.%u", &major, &minor) != 2)) {
         SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "Could not parse the kernel version from uname. "
                         << " io_uring not supported";
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
index 90f87e7..26c5f19 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@
     CloseFds();
     reader_->CloseCowFd();
 
-    SNAP_LOG(INFO) << " ReadAheadAsync thread terminating....";
+    SNAP_LOG(INFO) << " ReadAhead thread terminating....";
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_test.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_test.cpp
index 1c3e04b..d670f1e 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_test.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_test.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+#include <android-base/strings.h>
+#include <gflags/gflags.h>
+
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/memfd.h>
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <string_view>
 
 #include <android-base/file.h>
+#include <android-base/properties.h>
 #include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
 #include <fs_mgr/file_wait.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
@@ -38,6 +42,8 @@
 
 #include "snapuserd_core.h"
 
+DEFINE_string(force_config, "", "Force testing mode with iouring disabled");
+
 namespace android {
 namespace snapshot {
 
@@ -857,5 +863,23 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
-    return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+
+    gflags::ParseCommandLineFlags(&argc, &argv, false);
+
+    android::base::SetProperty("ctl.stop", "snapuserd");
+
+    if (FLAGS_force_config == "iouring_disabled") {
+        if (!android::base::SetProperty("snapuserd.test.io_uring.force_disable", "1")) {
+            return testing::AssertionFailure()
+                   << "Failed to disable property: snapuserd.test.io_uring.disabled";
+        }
+    }
+
+    int ret = RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+
+    if (FLAGS_force_config == "iouring_disabled") {
+        android::base::SetProperty("snapuserd.test.io_uring.force_disable", "0");
+    }
+
+    return ret;
 }