diff --git a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/testing.js b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/testing.js
index 396e528dd2..a87ec20b23 100644
--- a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/testing.js
+++ b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/testing.js
@@ -3201,7 +3201,13 @@ function runArangodRecovery (instanceInfo, options, script, setup) {
     fs.join('.', 'js', 'server', 'tests', 'recovery', script + '.js')
   ]);
 
-  instanceInfo.pid = executeAndWait(ARANGOD_BIN, argv, options);
+  let binary = ARANGOD_BIN;
+  if (setup) {
+    binary = TOP_DIR + '/scripts/disable-cores.sh';
+    argv.unshift(ARANGOD_BIN);
+  }
+
+  instanceInfo.pid = executeAndWait(binary, argv, options);
 }
 
 const recoveryTests = [
diff --git a/scripts/disable-cores.sh b/scripts/disable-cores.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..24439f7200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/disable-cores.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+ulimit -c 0
+exec $@