diff --git a/src/target/arm7_9_common.c b/src/target/arm7_9_common.c
index dfe045d5b6580418162e2037f7cce35e8ad6b041..c0018f644698f974a09e60f3864e0ec04ee074c7 100644
--- a/src/target/arm7_9_common.c
+++ b/src/target/arm7_9_common.c
@@ -1015,6 +1015,9 @@ int arm7_9_assert_reset(target_t *target)
 		{
 			/* program vector catch register to catch reset vector */
 			embeddedice_write_reg(&arm7_9->eice_cache->reg_list[EICE_VEC_CATCH], 0x1);
+
+			/* extra runtest added as issues were found with certain ARM9 cores (maybe more) - AT91SAM9260 and STR9 */
+			jtag_add_runtest(1, jtag_get_end_state());
 		}
 		else
 		{