diff --git a/bin/tests/system/ifconfig.sh b/bin/tests/system/ifconfig.sh
index 9ba36b2021..4d323872af 100755
--- a/bin/tests/system/ifconfig.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/ifconfig.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #       fd92:7065:b8e:99ff::{1..2}
 #       fd92:7065:b8e:ff::{1..2}
 #
+# On Linux, we also set the MTU on the 1500 bytes to match the default MTU on
+# physical interfaces, so we can properly test the cases with packets bigger
+# than interface MTU.
 
 SYSTEMTESTTOP="$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)"
 . "$SYSTEMTESTTOP/conf.sh"
@@ -76,12 +79,14 @@ case "$1" in
                                 if [ $use_ip ]; then
                                         ip address add 10.53.$i.$ns/24 \
                                             dev lo:$int
+                                        ip link set dev lo:$int mtu 1500
                                         [ "$ipv6" ] && ip address add \
                                             fd92:7065:b8e:${ipv6}ff::$ns/64 \
                                             dev lo
                                 else
                                         ifconfig lo:$int 10.53.$i.$ns up \
-                                                netmask 255.255.255.0
+                                                netmask 255.255.255.0 \
+                                                mtu 1500
                                         [ "$ipv6" ] && ifconfig lo inet6 add \
                                                 fd92:7065:b8e:${ipv6}ff::$ns/64
                                 fi
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rrl/ns4/named.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/rrl/ns4/named.conf.in
index 028281fe74..864b67f25d 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/rrl/ns4/named.conf.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rrl/ns4/named.conf.in
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ options {
 	notify no;
 	recursion yes;
 	dnssec-validation yes;
+	max-udp-size 4096;
 
 	rate-limit {
 	    responses-per-second 2;
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rrl/ns4/tld4.db b/bin/tests/system/rrl/ns4/tld4.db
index 5b746a01ab..1527775ca7 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/rrl/ns4/tld4.db
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rrl/ns4/tld4.db
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@ a8		A	192.0.2.8
 
 ; a9 for all-per-second limit
 $GENERATE 101-180 all$.a9 A 192.0.2.8
+
+; oversized TXT record
+$GENERATE 1-100    big    1    TXT    "txt$"
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/rrl/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/rrl/tests.sh
index 9b8c810748..31855c453c 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/rrl/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/rrl/tests.sh
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ $DIG $DIGOPTS @$ns4 A a7.tld4 > /dev/null 2>&1
 $DIG $DIGOPTS @$ns4 A a7.tld4 > /dev/null 2>&1
 $DIG $DIGOPTS @$ns4 A a7.tld4 > /dev/null 2>&1
 
+# regression test for GL #2839
+DIGOPTS="+bufsize=4096 +ignore -p ${PORT}"
+$DIG $DIGOPTS @$ns4 TXT big.tld4 > /dev/null 2>&1
+
 grep "would limit" ns4/named.run >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
 setret "\"would limit\" not found in log file."