diff --git a/tests/integration/__init__.py b/tests/integration/__init__.py
index 2d30da6537..39ce8c32f4 100644
--- a/tests/integration/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/integration/__init__.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ INTEGRATION_TEST_DIR = os.path.dirname(
 )
 CODE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(INTEGRATION_TEST_DIR))
 SALT_LIBS = os.path.dirname(CODE_DIR)
+TRANSPORT = 'zeromq'
 
 # Import Salt Testing libs
 from salttesting import TestCase
@@ -251,6 +252,8 @@ class TestDaemon(object):
         if self.parser.options.transport == 'zeromq':
             self.start_zeromq_daemons()
         elif self.parser.options.transport == 'raet':
+            global TRANSPORT
+            TRANSPORT = 'raet'
             self.start_raet_daemons()
 
         if os.environ.get('DUMP_SALT_CONFIG', None) is not None:
@@ -923,6 +926,15 @@ class SaltClientTestCaseMixIn(AdaptedConfigurationTestCaseMixIn):
 
     @property
     def client(self):
+        if TRANSPORT == 'raet':
+            mopts = salt.config.client_config(
+                    self.get_config_file_path(
+                        self._salt_client_config_file_name_
+                        )
+                    )
+            mopts['transport'] = 'raet'
+            mopts['raet_port'] = 64506
+            return salt.client.get_local_client(mopts=mopts)
         return salt.client.get_local_client(
             self.get_config_file_path(self._salt_client_config_file_name_)
         )