diff --git a/test/ClientTest.php b/test/ClientTest.php
index ee9c43cf..c8c6b9f4 100644
--- a/test/ClientTest.php
+++ b/test/ClientTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/TestAsset/commontypes.php';
 
+//if soap exension is not loaded, this will avoid two notices in the test runner suite
+if(!defined('SOAP_ENCODED')){
+    define ('SOAP_ENCODED', 1);
+}
+if(!defined('SOAP_DOCUMENT')){
+    define ('SOAP_DOCUMENT', 2);
+}
+
 use Zend\Soap\AutoDiscover;
 use Zend\Soap\Client;
 use Zend\Soap\Server;